The Dravidian languages are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in South India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan, with pockets elsewhere in South Asia. [1] [2] Dravidian is first attested in the 2nd century BCE, as inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi script on cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Dravidian languages, family of some 70 languages spoken primarily in South Asia. The Dravidian languages are spoken by more than 215 million people in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. They are divided into South, South-Central, Central, and North groups; these groups are further organized into 24 subgroups.

达罗 毗荼 （ pí tú ） 语系（Dravida，又称德拉维达语系）分布在印度南部的泰米尔纳德邦、卡纳塔克邦、安得拉邦、喀拉拉邦，印度中部和東部的一些地區，以及巴基斯坦的一个小地区，包括75种语言，其中马拉雅拉姆语、泰米尔语、泰卢固语、卡纳达语被认定為其所在印度邦的官方语言。

Dravidian languages, Family of 24 languages indigenous to and spoken principally in South Asia by more than 214 million people. Four of the Dravidian languages are among the major literary languages of southern India—Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

The Dravidian peoples, Dravidian-speakers or Dravidians, are a collection of ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia who speak Dravidian languages.There are around 250 million native speakers of Dravidian languages. [1] Dravidian speakers form the majority of the population of South India and are natively found in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, [2] Bangladesh, [3] the …

THE DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGES TheDravidianlanguagesarespokenbyover200millionpeopleinSouth …

Dec 20, 2024 · The Dravidian languages belong to a single family—including the distant relative Brahui. Examples that are prefixed with asterisks have been reconstructed following the time-tested procedures of comparative linguistics .

Apr 23, 2018 · Dravidian languages make up a family of languages spoken in parts of southern Asia, including India and Sri Lanka.

Jun 11, 2018 · Dravidian languages (drəvĬd´ēən), family of about 23 languages that appears to be unrelated to any other known language family. The Dravidian languages are spoken by more than 200 million people, living chiefly in S and central India and N Sri Lanka [1].

Jan 14, 2025 · The Dravidian language family comprises approximately 70 languages spoken predominantly in South Asia, with over 215 million speakers across India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. These languages are classified into four primary groups: South, South-Central, Central, and North, which are further divided into 24 subgroups.