Southern Dravidian

E39750
language branch subgroup of Dravidian languages

Southern Dravidian is a major branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, primarily spoken in southern India and parts of Sri Lanka.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Southern Dravidian languages 4
South Dravidian languages 3
Kannada–Badaga branch 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch ⓘ
subgroup of Dravidian languages ⓘ
geographicDistribution Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ
surface form: Lakshadweep

Puducherry ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
southern India ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Southern Dravidian ⓘ
includes Badaga language ⓘ
Irula language ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
surface form: Kannada language

Kodava language ⓘ
Kota language ⓘ
Kota–Toda subgroup ⓘ
Kurumba languages ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
surface form: Malayalam language

Tamil language ⓘ
Tamil–Irula subgroup ⓘ
Tamil–Kannada subgroup ⓘ
Tamil–Kodagu subgroup ⓘ
Tamil–Kota subgroup ⓘ
Tamil–Kurumba subgroup ⓘ
Tamil–Malayalam subgroup ⓘ
Tamil–Toda subgroup ⓘ
Toda language ⓘ
Tulu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu language
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian
majorLanguage Kannada ⓘ
surface form: Kannada language

Malayalam ⓘ
surface form: Malayalam language

Tamil ⓘ
surface form: Tamil language

Tulu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu language
partOf Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian language family
region South Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Central Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Dravidian

North Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Dravidian
subdividedInto Kota–Toda branch ⓘ
Malayalam subgroup ⓘ
Southern Dravidian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tamil–Kannada branch

Tulu subgroup ⓘ
typologicalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
writingSystemsUsed Kannada script ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ
Tigalari script ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Malayalam → hasAncestor → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Tamil
Jaffna Tamil → languageBranch → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Dravidian languages
Kannada → languageFamilyBranch → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada–Badaga branch
South-Central Dravidian → sharesFeatureWith → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dravidian languages
Southern Dravidian → subdividedInto → Southern Dravidian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil–Kannada branch
Dravidian languages → subfamily → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dravidian languages
Kannada → subfamily → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Dravidian languages
Kundagannada → subfamily → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Dravidian languages
Malayalam → subfamily → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dravidian languages
Tamil → subfamily → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
Tulu → subfamily → Southern Dravidian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Dravidian languages