---- can be referred as "Italian of the East" because It is the only language other than Italian where every word ends in a vowel - Niccolo de Conti, 16th century Italian traveler

Telugu is called the 'Italian of the East' because it is the only language other than Italian where most words end in a vowel. The 16th-century Italian traveler Niccolò de' Conti made this observation after traveling to South India. This phonetic characteristic gives Telugu its distinctive melodic quality. This is a well-documented linguistic observation in historical accounts.