Dravidian languages Dravidian languages Abujmaria is a Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India. It is closely related to Telugu. Abujmaria speakers are a sub-group of the Gondi people, the largest tribal group in India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abujmaria language"
Arebhashe or Gowda Kannada is a dialect of the Kannada language, particularly, spoken by the people belonging to ‘ Gowda’ community (among Hindus) who are the natives of Sullia and Bhagamandala of Dakshina Kannada and Coorg districts, respectively and also eastern parts of Kasaragod district of Kerala state. In Sullia Taluk, as the majority of the population belongs to Gowda community, most of others also generally communicate in the same dialect. Around 3 lakhs of people in this region speak this dialect. Arebhashe has its own unique type of pronunciation with slight deviation from Kannada (Example: hege in Kannada; henge in Arebhashe for 'How' in English). It doesn’t have its own scripture but written using the regular Kannada script. ...more on Wikipedia about "Are Bhashe"
The Badaga language is a southern Dravidian language ( Tamil-Kannada branch) spoken by approximately 250,000 people (the Badagas) in the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India. It is known for its retroflex vowels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Badaga language"
The Brahui language is mainly spoken in Balochistan, Pakistan, although also in Afghanistan and Iran by the Brahui. It reportedly ** has about two million speakers in Pakistan (1998), and a tenth that number elsewhere. In Pakistan it is mainly spoken in the Kalat region of Balochistan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brahui language"
The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 26 languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, and eastern and central India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dravidian languages"
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ ; also, less commonly, Kanarese) is one of the major Dravidian languages of southern India. Speakers of its various dialects number roughly 40 million people. It is the state language of Karnataka, one of the four southern states in India. It is written using the Kannada script. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kannada language"
Kannada-Tamil is a slang of Kannada-speaking people living in a non-Kannada-speaking state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kannada-Tamil" It's real shortopedia feeling!
Kodava Thakk (literally Kodava language), is the original language of the south Karnataka district of Kodagu. The language is often called Coorgi or Coorg language in English. The number of speakers is estimated at around 300,000. It is the primary language of Kodavas, but a large portion of other communities and tribes in Kodagu also use Kodava Thakk. It belongs to the Dravidian languages family, and is related to and influenced by Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kodava Thakk"
Kurukh belongs to the Dravidian family, and is most closely related to Brahui and Paharia. It is spoken by Oraon, a tribal (Adivasi) people of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kurukh language"
Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language of the state of Kerala, in southern India. It is one of the 22 official languages of India, spoken by around 30 million people. A native speaker of Malayalam is called a "Malayali" (or rarely, a "Keralite"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Malayalam language"
Proto-Dravidian is the proto-language of the Dravidian languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Proto-Dravidian"
Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. Spoken predominantly by Tamils in South India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore, it has smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. As of 1996, it was the eighteenth most spoken language, with over 74 million speakers worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tamil language"
The Tamil-Kannada languages are a part of the family of Dravidian languages that include Tamil and Kannada. Both are recognized as official languages of India and are spoken mainly in South India. Both the languages are the off-shoots of the South-Proto-Dravidian branch. The separation of Tamil and Kannada occurred after the separation of Tulu and before the separation of Kodagu branch from South-Proto-Dravidian language, somewhere around 2000-1500 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tamil-Kannada languages"
Telugu (తెలుగు) belongs to the Dravidian language family and is the official language of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the second largest spoken language in India after Hindi, and one of the 23 official national languages of India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Telugu language"
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Toda is a Dravidian language well known for its many fricatives and trills. It is spoken by the Toda people, a population of about one thousand who live in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Toda language"
Tulu (ತುಳು ) is a Dravidian language of India with fewer than two million speakers. Most of its speakers are in the district of South Kanara in the west of the state of Karnataka. The original written script of the language, similar to Malayalam script, is rarely used today. It is normally written in the Kannada script. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tulu language"
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