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Dravidian language

DEFINITIONS OF: Dravidian language

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n a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka

Synonyms:
Dravidian, Dravidic
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South Dravidian
a Dravidian language spoken primarily in southern India
South-Central Dravidian
a Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India
Central Dravidian
a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India
North Dravidian
a Dravidian language spoken primarily in eastern India
Irula
a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India
Kota, Kotar
a Dravidian language spoken by the Kota
Toda
the Dravidian language spoken by the Toda in southern India
Kanarese, Kannada
a Dravidian language spoken in southern India
Tulu
a Dravidian language spoken by the Tulu
Malayalam
a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India
Tamil
the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
Telugu
a Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India
Savara
a Dravidian language spoken by the Savara in southeastern India (north of Madras)
Gondi
a Dravidian language spoken by the Gond in south central India
Pengo
a Dravidian language spoken in south central India
Manda
a Dravidian language spoken in south central India
Kui
the Dravidian language spoken by the Kui in southeastern India
Kuvi
a Dravidian language spoken in southeast India
Kolami
the Dravidian language spoken by the Kolam in central India
Naiki
a Dravidian language spoken in south central India
Parji
a Dravidian language spoken in south central India
Ollari
a Dravidian language spoken in south central India
Gadaba
the Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba
Kurux
a Dravidian language spoken in eastern India
Malto
the Dravidian language spoken by the Malto
Brahui
an isolated Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui in Pakistan
Type of:
natural language, tongue
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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