Proto-Dravidian
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Proto-Dravidian is the reconstructed common ancestral language from which all modern Dravidian languages, including Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, are believed to have descended.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancestral language
→
proto-language → reconstructed language → |
| ancestorOf |
Brahui
→
Gondi → Kannada → Kodava → Kolami → Kui → Kuvi → Malayalam → Parji → Tamil → Telugu → Tulu → |
| hasLexicalReconstruction |
agricultural vocabulary
→
basic kinship terms → body-part terms → |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
→
gender distinctions in pronouns → nominal number marking → postpositions → rich case system → verbal tense–aspect–mood suffixes → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive retroflex consonants
→
five-vowel system → geminate consonants → |
| hasSubdivision |
Proto-Central Dravidian
→
Proto-North Dravidian → Proto-South Dravidian → Proto-South-Central Dravidian → |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
head-final syntax
→
subject–object–verb word order → |
| hasUncertainDate |
time of divergence of Dravidian branches
→
|
| languageFamily |
Dravidian
→
|
| partOf |
Dravidian language family
→
|
| reconstructedBy |
comparative method
→
|
| reconstructedFrom |
Kannada
→
Malayalam → Tamil → Telugu → other modern Dravidian languages → |
| spokenIn |
Indian subcontinent
→
South Asia → |
| studiedIn |
Dravidian linguistics
→
historical linguistics → |
| timeDepth |
prehistoric period
→
|
| writingSystem |
none
→
|
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Kannada
→
|
ancestor |
|
North Dravidian languages
→
|
divergedFrom |
|
Malayalam
→
|
hasAncestor |