Language family

Dravidian Peoples

The indigenous language family of southern India and parts of wider South Asia, predating Indo-Aryan arrival.

8

Member ethnic groups

8

Branches represented

1

World regions spanned

Other Dravidian groups8 groups

Brahuis woman from Balochistan (Pakistan)

Brahuis

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Gonds woman from Gondwana (India)

Gonds

Gondwana (India)

Kannadigas woman from Karnataka (India)

Kannadigas

Karnataka (India)

Khonds woman from Kandhamal (India)

Khonds

Kandhamal (India)

Kurukh woman from Chota Nagpur Plateau (India)

Kurukh

Chota Nagpur Plateau (India)

Malayali woman from Kerala (India)

Malayali

Kerala (India)

Tamils woman from Tamil Nadu (India), Sri Lanka (Northern and Eastern Provinces)

Tamils

Tamil Nadu (India), Sri Lanka (Northern and Eastern Provinces)

Telugu woman from India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)

Telugu

India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)

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