Proto-South Dravidian language

Proto-South Dravidian
Proto-South Dravidian I
Reconstruction ofSouth Dravidian languages
RegionPrimarily South India, possibly also areas of North India during Bronze Age.
Eraca. 2nd-1st m. BCE[1]
Reconstructed
ancestor

Proto-South Dravidian is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the southern Dravidian languages native to southern India.[2][3] Its descendants include Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, Badaga, Kodava, Irula, Kota and Toda. South Dravidian is sometimes referred to as South Dravidian I by linguists.[4]

  1. ^ Southworth, Franklin (2004), Linguistic archaeology of South Asia, Routledge, p. 195, ISBN 9780415655446.
  2. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8.
  3. ^ Andronov, Mikhail Sergeevich (2003), A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages, Otto Harrassowitz, p. 299, ISBN 978-3-447-04455-4.
  4. ^ Southworth, Franklin (2004), Linguistic archaeology of South Asia, Routledge, p. 50-51, ISBN 9780415655446.

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