Dravidic

Definitions of Dravidic
  1. noun
    a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka
    synonyms: Dravidian, Dravidian language
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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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