Proto-North Dravidian

E260577
North Dravidian language ancestral language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-North Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language hypothesized to underlie the modern North Dravidian languages such as Kurukh, Malto, and Brahui.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Proto-North Dravidian canonical 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Dravidian language ⓘ
ancestral language ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
attested no ⓘ
branch North Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: North Dravidian
evidenceType comparative morphology ⓘ
comparative phonology ⓘ
shared basic vocabulary ⓘ
family Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian
glottologStatus unattested reconstructed language ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Dravidian ⓘ
hasDescendant Brahui ⓘ
surface form: Brahui language

Kurukh ⓘ
surface form: Kurukh language

Malto language ⓘ
hasFeature SOV word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
dravidian-type verb morphology ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
hasLexicalRelationship cognate sets shared by Kurukh, Malto, and Brahui ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature suffixing morphology (reconstructed) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive retroflex vs dental stops (reconstructed) ⓘ
hasReconstructionStatus hypothetical ⓘ
partially reconstructed ⓘ
hypothesizedBy historical linguists ⓘ
ISO639-3 none ⓘ
languageStatus extinct ⓘ
partOf Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian language family

North Dravidian branch ⓘ
reconstructedFrom Brahui ⓘ
surface form: Brahui language

Kurukh ⓘ
surface form: Kurukh language

Malto language ⓘ
reconstructionMethod comparative method ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: South Asia (reconstructed)
spokenBy prehistoric North Dravidian speech community ⓘ
studiedIn Dravidian linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Dravidian proto-language ⓘ
timeDepth pre-historic period ⓘ
underlies Brahui ⓘ
surface form: Brahui language

Kurukh ⓘ
surface form: Kurukh language

Malto language ⓘ
writingSystem none ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proto-Dravidian → hasSubdivision → Proto-North Dravidian ⓘ
North Dravidian languages → hasProtoLanguage → Proto-North Dravidian ⓘ
Proto-South-Central Dravidian → distinctFrom → Proto-North Dravidian ⓘ