Proto-Southern Dravidian
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Proto-Southern Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Southern Dravidian languages, such as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, are derived.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-South Dravidian | 4 |
| Proto-Southern Dravidian canonical | 1 |
| Proto-Tamil–Kannada | 1 |
| Proto-Tamil–Malayalam | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1802480 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Southern Dravidian Context triple: [Southern Dravidian, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Southern Dravidian]
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A.
Proto-South-Central Dravidian
Proto-South-Central Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern South-Central Dravidian languages, such as Telugu and Gondi, are believed to have descended.
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B.
Proto-Dravidian
Proto-Dravidian is the reconstructed common ancestral language from which all modern Dravidian languages, including Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, are believed to have descended.
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C.
South-Central Dravidian
South-Central Dravidian is a branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Telugu and related tongues spoken primarily in south-central India.
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D.
North Dravidian languages
The North Dravidian languages are a small, geographically northern branch of the Dravidian language family spoken mainly in eastern and central India, including languages such as Kurukh and Malto.
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E.
Central Dravidian languages
Central Dravidian languages are a subgroup of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily in central India, known for their shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from the northern and southern branches.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Southern Dravidian Target entity description: Proto-Southern Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Southern Dravidian languages, such as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, are derived.
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A.
Proto-South-Central Dravidian
Proto-South-Central Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern South-Central Dravidian languages, such as Telugu and Gondi, are believed to have descended.
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B.
Proto-Dravidian
Proto-Dravidian is the reconstructed common ancestral language from which all modern Dravidian languages, including Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, are believed to have descended.
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C.
South-Central Dravidian
South-Central Dravidian is a branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Telugu and related tongues spoken primarily in south-central India.
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D.
North Dravidian languages
The North Dravidian languages are a small, geographically northern branch of the Dravidian language family spoken mainly in eastern and central India, including languages such as Kurukh and Malto.
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E.
Central Dravidian languages
Central Dravidian languages are a subgroup of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily in central India, known for their shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from the northern and southern branches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Dravidian language ancestor
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Badaga people
ⓘ
surface form:
Badaga
Irula people ⓘ
surface form:
Irula
Kannada ⓘ Kodava ⓘ Kota ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Tamil ⓘ Toda ⓘ Tulu ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | generally accepted by Dravidian linguists ⓘ |
| hasDescendantGroup | modern Southern Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SOV basic word order (reconstructed)
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ contrast between short and long vowels (reconstructed) ⓘ postpositions (reconstructed) ⓘ retroflex consonants (reconstructed) ⓘ rich case system (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| knownFrom | systematic comparison of Southern Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranchOf |
Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian language family
|
| lexicon | reconstructed proto-forms shared by Southern Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Dravidian branch ⓘ |
| phonologicalSystem | reconstructed from regular sound correspondences ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Kannada
ⓘ
Kodava ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Tamil ⓘ Tulu ⓘ other Southern Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| region |
South India
ⓘ
surface form:
South India (reconstructed homeland)
|
| relationshipToProtoDravidian | descended from Proto-Dravidian (as a branch-level proto-language) ⓘ |
| status | not directly attested ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Dravidian linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Proto-Dravidian ⓘ |
| timePeriod | spoken in prehistoric South India ⓘ |
| usedFor |
etymological research in Kannada
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etymological research in Malayalam ⓘ etymological research in Tamil ⓘ internal classification of Southern Dravidian languages ⓘ reconstructing prehistory of Southern Dravidian peoples ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none (unwritten, reconstructed only) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Proto-Southern Dravidian Description of subject: Proto-Southern Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Southern Dravidian languages, such as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, are derived.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Proto-South Dravidian
this entity surface form:
Proto-South Dravidian
this entity surface form:
Proto-South Dravidian
this entity surface form:
Proto-Tamil–Kannada
this entity surface form:
Proto-Tamil–Malayalam
this entity surface form:
Proto-South Dravidian