| Proto-South Dravidian | |
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| Proto-South Dravidian 1 | |
| Reconstruction of | South Dravidian languages |
| Region | South India |
| Era | ca. 3rd-2nd m. BCE |
Reconstructed ancestor | |
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Proto-South Dravidian is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the south Dravidian languages native to southern India.[1][2] Its descendants include Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, Badaga, Kodava, Irula, Kota and Toda.
Knowledge of the early history of Dravidian languages remains limited.
References
Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed Proto-Dravidian forms at Appendix:Proto-Dravidian reconstructions
- ↑ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43533-8.
- ↑ Andronov, Mikhail Sergeevich (2003), A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages, Otto Harrassowitz, p. 299, ISBN 978-3-447-04455-4.
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