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North Dravidian languages

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The North Dravidian languages are a branch of the Dravidian languages comprising Brahui, Kurukh and Malto.

Facts
Disputed
Proto-Language Status
North Dravidian (or Brahui-Kurukh-Malto) has a reconstructed Proto-Northern Dravidian ancestor comprising Brahui, and Kurukh-Malto. Specialists differ somewhat on the internal grouping of its members. 2
Dravidianists differ somewhat in how Brahui, Kurukh and Malto are internally grouped (Subrahmanyam 1983, Zvelebil 1990, Krishnamurthi 2003), though the branch itself and its reconstructed Proto-Northern Dravidian ancestor are standard in the field.
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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
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Number of Languages
4 1
Region
Baluchistan and Eastern India 2
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Asia

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Sources
1. Glottolog: North Dravidian (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 4
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Wikipedia: North Dravidian languages
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox region field, English Wikipedia article North Dravidian languages
    Baluchistan and Eastern India
  • Footnote following the lead sentence, English Wikipedia article North Dravidian languages
    There have been slight differences in the way they are grouped by various Dravidian linguists.
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Northern Dravidian
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Wikidata: North Dravidian languages
Wikidata Q16110967, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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