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  1. Fertile Crescent

    Dravidian is one of the primary language families in the Nostratic proposal, which would link most languages in North Africa, Europe and Western Asia into a family with its origins in the Fertile Crescent sometime between the Last Glacial Period and the emergence of Proto-Indo-European 4,000–6,000 BCE.
    Geographic distribution: South Asia and Southeast Asia, mainly South India, north-east Sri Lanka and south-west Pakistan
    Linguistic classification: One of the world's primary language families
    Proto-language: Proto-Dravidian
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    Did the Dravidian languages originate in India, or elsewhere?
    Very short answer: The Dravidian languages, or better the proto-Dravidian language originated from a neolithic population in the Zagros mountain area in modern day Iran. These proto-Dravidians migrated into India about 10,000 to 7,000 years ago. Malayalam is a Dravidian language. There is a letter ‘ha’ in Malayalam.
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    Did a language called 'Dravidian' ever exist?
    The ancient proto-Dravidian language originated somewhere in southern Iran or nearby regions. These Zagros farmers started a large scale migration into India about 8,000 years ago (or already much earlier) and brought with them the proto-Dravidian language. In India, they largely replaced the local hunter gatherers.
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    What is the origin language of Dravidian languages?
    The root language among the Dravidian languages is the Tamil language which retains 80% of the proto Dravidian language. The Tamil language is the oldest language in the Indian Subcontinent which is more than 2500 years old with written proof,but the spoken Tamil is much older than that. The urn found at Adichanallur belonging to 490 BC 1.1K views
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    Which is the oldest Dravidian language?
    • Telugu (numerically the largest of all Dravidian languages)
    • Tamil (the oldest and purest form of language)
    • Kannada
    • Malayalam (the smallest and youngest of the Dravidian languages).
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_languages

    Dravidian is one of the primary language families in the Nostratic proposal, which would link most languages in North Africa, Europe and Western Asia into a family with its origins in the Fertile Crescent sometime between the Last Glacial Period and the emergence of Proto-Indo-European 4,000–6,000 BCE. However, … See more

    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 … See more

    The origin of the Sanskrit word drāviḍa is the word Tamiḻ. Kamil Zvelebil cites the forms such as dramila (in Daṇḍin's Sanskrit work Avantisundarīkathā) and damiḷa (found in the … See more

    The Dravidian languages form a close-knit family. Most scholars agree on four groups: South (or South Dravidian I), South-Central (or … See more

    The origins of the Dravidian languages, as well as their subsequent development and the period of their differentiation are unclear, partially … See more

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    The 14th-century Sanskrit text Lilatilakam, which is a grammar of Manipravalam, states that the spoken languages of present-day Kerala … See more

    The Dravidian family has defied all of the attempts to show a connection with other languages, including Indo-European, Hurrian, Basque, Sumerian, Korean and Japanese. … See more

    The most characteristic grammatical features of Dravidian languages are:
    • Dravidian languages are agglutinative.
    • Word order is subject–object–verb (SOV). See more

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  4. Dravidian languages | History, Grammar, Map, & Facts

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    WebOct 19, 1998 · The word drāviḍa/drāmiḍa and its adjectival forms occur in Classical Sanskrit literature from the 3rd century bce as the name of a …

    Where are the Dravidian languages found?
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    WebHowever, it is thought that an ancestor of the modern Dravidian language family was spoken by people who lived in the Indus Valley civilization, which was a thriving society in …

  6. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dravidian...

    WebThese three phonological developments are accompanied by a considerable amount of grammatical sharing. For instance, all South Dravidian and South-Central Dravidian …

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    The Dravidian language family is said to have originated more than 4500 years ago in the Indian subcontinent. It is believed that the Indo Gangetic plains or the Indus valley civilization was already inhabited by the Dravidian people before the Indo-Aryans invaded the valley. Following the invasion, the peace-loving Dravidians mo…
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    WebOrigins of The Word Dravidian. The English word Dravidian was first employed by Robert Caldwell in his book of comparative Dravidian grammar based on the usage of the …

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    WebJul 27, 2020 · Proto-Dravidian language originated or diverged from Harappan dialect 5000–6000 years ago. Location of Indus Valley civilization Yamnaya Steppe pastoralist …

  10. Interesting facts about the Dravidian languages

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    WebOrigin of Dravidian languages: Though the origin of Dravidian languages is still a mystery, it is believed to be associated with the Indus Valley civilization and dates back to atleast the …

  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamo-Dravidian_languages

    WebIt is hypothesized that the proto-Elamo-Dravidian language, most likely originated in the Elam province in southwestern Iran, spread eastwards with the movement of farmers to …

  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_peoples

    WebThe Dravidian peoples, or Dravidians, are a linguistic and cultural group living in South Asia who predominantly speak any of the Dravidian languages. There are around 250 million native speakers of Dravidian languages. [1] …

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