Which Dravidian language, spoken by around 80 million people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, was described by 15th-century Italian traveller Niccolo de Conti as the 'Italian of the East' for its vowel-ending words?

• A Tamil
• B Kannada
• C Malayalam
• D Telugu ✓

Telugu is often called the 'Italian of the East' because every word in Telugu ends in a vowel sound, giving the language a naturally melodic quality.