diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Languages/LanguageFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Languages/LanguageFixture.cs
index 569a157c2..7b756e3ad 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Languages/LanguageFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Languages/LanguageFixture.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Languages
                 new object[] { 41, Language.Bosnian },
                 new object[] { 42, Language.Estonian },
                 new object[] { 43, Language.Tamil },
-                new object[] { 44, Language.Indonesian }
+                new object[] { 44, Language.Indonesian },
+                new object[] { 45, Language.Telugu }
             };
 
         public static object[] ToIntCases =
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Languages
                 new object[] { Language.Bosnian, 41 },
                 new object[] { Language.Estonian, 42 },
                 new object[] { Language.Tamil, 43 },
-                new object[] { Language.Indonesian, 44 }
+                new object[] { Language.Indonesian, 44 },
+                new object[] { Language.Telugu, 45 }
             };
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/IsoLanguagesFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/IsoLanguagesFixture.cs
index 37acf7b7a..0cef2a390 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/IsoLanguagesFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/IsoLanguagesFixture.cs
@@ -44,5 +44,14 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.ParserTests
             var result = IsoLanguages.Find(isoCode);
             result.Should().Be(null);
         }
+
+        [TestCase("te")]
+        [TestCase("tel")]
+        [TestCase("te-IN")]
+        public void should_return_telugu(string isoCode)
+        {
+            var result = IsoLanguages.Find(isoCode);
+            result.Language.Should().Be(Language.Telugu);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/LanguageParserFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/LanguageParserFixture.cs
index 647472992..a4d141f7b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/LanguageParserFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/LanguageParserFixture.cs
@@ -362,6 +362,15 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.ParserTests
             result.Languages.Should().BeEquivalentTo(Language.Bengali);
         }
 
+        [TestCase("Movie Title (2018) Telugu DVDScr X264 AAC 700 MB")]
+        [TestCase("Movie.Title.2022.Tel.WEBRip.x264-VXT")]
+        [TestCase("Movie Title (2019) Proper HDRip - 720p - x264 - HQ Line Auds - [Telugu + Tamil + Hindi + English] - 1.1GB")]
+        public void should_parse_language_telugu(string postTitle)
+        {
+            var result = Parser.Parser.ParseMovieTitle(postTitle);
+            result.Languages.Should().Contain(Language.Telugu);
+        }
+
         [TestCase("Movie.Title.1994.HDTV.x264.SK-iCZi")]
         [TestCase("Movie.Title.2019.1080p.HDTV.x265.iNTERNAL.SK-iCZi")]
         [TestCase("Movie.Title.2018.SLOVAK.DUAL.2160p.UHD.BluRay.x265-iCZi")]
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Languages/Language.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Languages/Language.cs
index 3cf57ce71..59d6fdd26 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Languages/Language.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Languages/Language.cs
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Languages
         public static Language Estonian => new Language(42, "Estonian");
         public static Language Tamil => new Language(43, "Tamil");
         public static Language Indonesian => new Language(44, "Indonesian");
+        public static Language Telugu => new Language(45, "Telugu");
         public static Language Any => new Language(-1, "Any");
         public static Language Original => new Language(-2, "Original");
 
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Languages
                     Estonian,
                     Tamil,
                     Indonesian,
+                    Telugu,
                     Any,
                     Original
                 };
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/IsoLanguages.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/IsoLanguages.cs
index 8a58de7d8..9a918d037 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/IsoLanguages.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/IsoLanguages.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
                                                                new IsoLanguage("bs", "", "bos", "Bosnian", Language.Bosnian),
                                                                new IsoLanguage("et", "", "est", "Estonian", Language.Estonian),
                                                                new IsoLanguage("ta", "", "tam", "Tamil", Language.Tamil),
-                                                               new IsoLanguage("id", "", "ind", "Indonesian", Language.Indonesian)
+                                                               new IsoLanguage("id", "", "ind", "Indonesian", Language.Indonesian),
+                                                               new IsoLanguage("te", "", "tel", "Telugu", Language.Telugu)
                                                            };
 
         public static IsoLanguage Find(string isoCode)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/LanguageParser.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/LanguageParser.cs
index e34df35fd..3e6df0724 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/LanguageParser.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/LanguageParser.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
                                                                             (?<chinese>\[(?:CH[ST]|BIG5|GB)\]|简|繁|字幕)|
                                                                             (?<ukrainian>(?:(?:\dx)?UKR))|
                                                                             (?<spanish>\b(?:español|castellano)\b)|
-                                                                            (?<latvian>\bLV\b)",
+                                                                            (?<latvian>\bLV\b)|
+                                                                            (?<telugu>\btel\b)",
                                                                 RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace);
 
         private static readonly Regex CaseSensitiveLanguageRegex = new Regex(@"(?:(?i)(?<!SUB[\W|_|^]))(?:(?<lithuanian>\bLT\b)|
@@ -212,6 +213,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
                 languages.Add(Language.Tamil);
             }
 
+            if (lowerTitle.Contains("telugu"))
+            {
+                languages.Add(Language.Telugu);
+            }
+
             // Case sensitive
             var caseSensitiveMatchs = CaseSensitiveLanguageRegex.Matches(title);
 
@@ -336,6 +342,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
                 {
                     languages.Add(Language.Romanian);
                 }
+
+                if (match.Groups["telugu"].Success)
+                {
+                    languages.Add(Language.Telugu);
+                }
             }
 
             if (!languages.Any())