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Dravidian  adj.  (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida.
Dravidian languages, a group of languages of Southern India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives, before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these languages, the Tamil is the most important; Telegu, Malayalam, and Kannada are included. These languages are distinct from the Indo-European family of languages.





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"Dravidian" Quotes from Famous Books



... was concerned, did not fare so well. The struggles of European nations for the mastery of that rich empire did little towards promoting a knowledge of its religion or its language. Nor were the efforts of missionaries very successful. Most of their attention was devoted to the Dravidian idioms of Southern India, not to Sanskrit. We have the authority of Friedrich Schlegel for the statement that before his time there were but two Germans who were known to have gained a knowledge of the sacred language, the missionary Heinrich Roth and the Jesuit ...
— The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany • Arthur F. J. Remy


Words linked to "Dravidian" :   Dravidic, Malto, Indian, Toda, Dravidian language, Kanarese, North Dravidian, Central Dravidian, Canarese, Gadaba, tongue, Gond, Telugu, Kolam, Kotar, South Dravidian, Tamil, Tulu, Badaga, natural language, Kui, Savara, South-Central Dravidian


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