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Definition of Dravidian language
1. Noun. A large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka.
Generic synonyms: Natural Language, Tongue
Specialized synonyms: South Dravidian, South-central Dravidian, Central Dravidian, North Dravidian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dravidian Language
Literary usage of Dravidian language
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"Kolami, a Dravidian language, University of California Publications in Linguistics 12
... "Toda, a Dravidian language." Trans. Philological Soc. 1957: pp. ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"The Dravidian language, however, ... and languages have in themselves an intimate
archaic connection with the African, and the Dravidian language, although. ..."
3. Linguistic and Oriental Essays: Written from the Year 1840-1903 by Robert Needham Cust (1880)
"The fifth Dravidian language is the Tulu, on the west coast, adjacent to the
Malayalam, and three languages spoken by small clans of mountaineers in the ..."
4. A History of Missions in India by Julius Richter (1908)
"They obviously speak a Dravidian language, but they are so widely separated from
the other ... How they obtain their Dravidian language no one can tell. ..."
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