Dravidian (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a family of languages, wholly distinct from Indo-European, spoken mostly in southern India and Sri Lanka and including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and, in Pakistan, Brahui.
  2. a member of the aboriginal population occupying much of southern India and parts of Sri Lanka.
adjective
  1. of or relating to this people or their language.
noun
  1. a family of languages spoken in S and central India and Sri Lanka, including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Gondi
  2. a member of one of the aboriginal races of India, pushed south by the Indo-Europeans and now mixed with them
adjective
  1. denoting, belonging to, or relating to this family of languages or these peoples
Dravidian (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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