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Nadu Kudru
Nadu a term used to mean land, country, place, domicile, etc. in Dravidian languages. It can refer to: *Tamil Nadu, one of the 28 states of India *Ancient Tamil regions in southern India **Chola Nadu **Pandiya Nadu **Kongu Nadu **Tondai Nadu *List of feudal states of Kerala, Nadu or Nad, any of the numerous city-states existed in present-day Kerala state, South India *Tulu Nadu, Tulu speaking region spread over to parts of present Karnataka and Kerala States of India *Male Nadu, Malayala Nadu are literary terms, which refer to state of Kerala, India *Nadu, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran *Kammanadu, Kamma Nadu or Kammanadu, also Kammarashtra, is a home land of Kamma (caste), Kammas. Kammanadu is a region encompassing Bellamkonda, Amaravati, Jaggayyapeta, Ongole, Chirala, Bapatla and Narasaraopeta of Guntur, Prakasam and Krishna districts. Reference to Kammarashtra is made by Andhra Ikshvakus in Jaggayyapeta of Krishna district in 3rd century A. D. *Pakanadu a region corres ... [...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] |
