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Definition of South Dravidian
1. Noun. A Dravidian language spoken primarily in southern India.
Specialized synonyms: Irula, Kota, Kotar, Toda, Kanarese, Kannada, Tulu, Malayalam, Tamil
Lexicographical Neighbors of South Dravidian
Literary usage of South Dravidian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... 'Tamil developed a literary mode of its own which is essentially South Dravidian.'
But Suniti Kumar must not be judged and valued as a linguist only. ..."
2. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"... Department of Linguistics Publication 8 (Annamalainagar). . 19676. "The South
Dravidian Languages." Jour. Amer. Oriental Soc. 87: pp. 365-413. 1969. ..."
3. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"... early and recent in their ordering, which are not shared by the other South
Dravidian languages (or which are shared only to a small extent by Kota). ..."
4. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the by Abraham Fornander, John F. G. Stokes (1878)
"The Polynesian terms for " six," ono, hono, ene, hene, unu, and una, appear to
connect themselves with the South Dravidian forms of the term for "one," such ..."
5. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the by Abraham Fornander, John F. G. Stokes (1878)
"The Polynesian terms for " six," ono, hono, cue, hene, unu, and una, appear to
connect themselves with the South Dravidian forms of the term for "one," such ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"... containing 6 groups; realm 2, with the Tartarian, Sinie, North and South
Dravidian, containing 5, 6, 4, and 6 groups respectively; realm 3, ..."
7. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"... &c., as follows: realm 1, with the Finno-Ugrian, containing 6 groups; realm
2, with the Tartarian, Sinic, North and South Dravidian, containing 5, 6, 4, ..."
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