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Definition of Dravidic
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
Definition of Dravidic
1. Proper noun. the Dravidian family of languages ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dravidic
Literary usage of Dravidic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Methodist Review (1877)
"The theory of indefinite time is unfathomable and yields no ore. We are compelled,
in the next place, to compare living dravidic with dead Aryan forms. ..."
2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1885)
"... (2), Malays; (3), American; (4), Altaic Chinese, etc. In this classification
he has maintained that there are three types: 2. dravidic including Dekkan ..."
3. The American Antiquarian by Stephen Denison Peet (1880)
"They swept on down toward the Indian Ocean and the Malayan Peninsula and overwhelmed
the dravidic race and covered the East with a civilization peculiarly ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... group of races: (1) Negro; (2) dark-coloured Indian (dravidic races); (3)
Indonesian and Oceanic ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"Hyderabad is the last diocese in the region of the dravidic peoples. Among the
Arian population, the archdiocese of Calcutta stands out as the most ..."
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