Dravidic

Dra·vid·i·an  (dr-vd-n)

n.

1. A large family of languages spoken especially in southern India and northern Sri Lanka that includes Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.

2. A member of any of the peoples that speak one of the Dravidian languages, especially a member of one of the pre-Indo-European peoples of southern India.

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[From Sanskrit drvia, a Dravidian.]

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Dra·vidi·an, Dra·vidic (-vdk) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Dravidic - a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka Dravidian language, Dravidian natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language 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