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Dravida Iyakka Tamizhar Peravai
Dravidian, Dravidan, or Dravida may refer to: Language and culture *Dravidian languages, a family of languages spoken mainly in South India and northeastern Sri Lanka *Proto-Dravidian language, a model of the common ancestor of the Dravidian languages *Dravidian University, a university situated in Andhra Pradesh *South Indian culture, modern Dravidian culture Geography *Dravida Nadu, a proposed country for the southern Dravidian languages *South India, the region which is called Dravida in the Indian anthem *Dravida Kingdom, an ancient region mentioned in the ''Mahabharata'' Ethnicity *Dravidian peoples, ethnic groups primarily in South India. *Homo Dravida, a historically defined race, propagated also by Devaneya Pavanar *Adi Dravida, natives of Southern India Religion *Dravidian folk religion Others *Dravidan (1989 film), a 1989 Tamil film *Dravida Sangha See also * Dravid (surname) Dravid ( mr, द्रविड) is a surname found in the Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin ( DRB) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidian Languages
The Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Since the colonial era, there have been small but significant immigrant communities in Mauritius, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, South Africa, and the United States. The Dravidian languages are first attested in the 2nd century BCE, as Tamil-Brahmi script, inscribed on the cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu. The Dravidian languages with the most speakers are (in descending order of number of speakers) Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, all of which have long literary traditions. Smaller literary languages are Tulu and Kodava. There are also a number of Dravidian-speaking scheduled tribes, such as the Kurukh in Eastern India and Gondi in Central India. Outside of India, Brahui is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
