South Dravidian languages

E409877
branch of the Dravidian language family language subgroup

South Dravidian languages are a major subgroup of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily in southern India, including prominent languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tulu.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
South Dravidian languages canonical 9
South Dravidian I 3
South Dravidian subgroup 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the Dravidian language family ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
basicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
containsSubgroup Irula language ⓘ
surface form: Irula–Kurumba languages

Malayalam languages ⓘ
Tamil–Kannada languages ⓘ
Tamil–Kodagu subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Tamil–Kodagu languages

Tamil–Malayalam subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Tamil–Malayalam languages

Tulu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu languages
feature dravidian-type verb morphology ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
hasMember Adiyan language ⓘ
Mullu Kurumba language ⓘ
surface form: Alu Kurumba language

Badaga language ⓘ
Beary language ⓘ
Betta Kurumba language ⓘ
Irula language ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
surface form: Kannada language

Kodava language ⓘ
Koraga language ⓘ
Kota language ⓘ
Kunduvadi language ⓘ
Kurichiya language ⓘ
Betta Kurumba language ⓘ
surface form: Kurumba (Tamil Nadu) language

Kurumba languages ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
surface form: Malayalam language

Mullu Kurumba language ⓘ
Paniya language ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
surface form: Tamil language

Toda language ⓘ
Tulu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu language

Wayanad Chetti language ⓘ
Yerukala language ⓘ
historicalDevelopment diverged from Proto-Dravidian ⓘ
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian
partOf Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian language family
region India ⓘ
southern India ⓘ
subclassOf Dravidian languages ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
usedIn Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ
surface form: Lakshadweep

Puducherry ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
parts of Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
parts of Telangana ⓘ
writingSystem Kannada script ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ
Tigalari script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

North Dravidian languages → sharesFeatureWith → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
Central Dravidian languages → hasDistinctFrom → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
Kota language → subfamily → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
Tamil–Kannada subgroup → subclassOf → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
Tamil–Kannada subgroup → hasAlternativeName → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dravidian I
Tamil–Kannada subgroup → hasAlternativeName → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dravidian subgroup
Irula language → languageFamilyBranch → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dravidian I
Kurumba languages → subclassOf → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
Tamil–Malayalam subgroup → partOf → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
Tamil–Kodagu subgroup → partOf → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
Tamil–Irula subgroup → partOf → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
Tamil–Kurumba subgroup → hasLanguageFamilyBranch → South Dravidian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Dravidian I
Betta Kurumba language → branch → South Dravidian languages ⓘ