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The languages which comprise the Dravidian family of languages are now spoken in southern India. These include Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. It is hypothesized that the Dravidian languages were once much more widespread, but that they were pushed back by the Indo-European-speaking peoples.
updated 9-6-2002 Brahui (Dravidian) belongs to the Dravidian family of languages, although it is now separated in location from all the other Dravidian languages by languages belonging to the Indo-Hittite family. Brahui is spoken in the Baluchistan province of India, and also in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Iran. Brahui has no writing system of its own, but the Nastaliq script of the Arabic alphabet is now used. 409.54 Emeneau, Murray Barnson, 1904- E53L Language and linguistic area RID: 79-66058 ITEM #: brh00001 Brahui
updated 3-1-2003 Harrapan (Dravidian), usually thought of as the name of a script, is now thought by linguists to also have been an early member of the Dravidian family of languages. The Harrapan language was written with the Harrapan script. 954.003 Encyclopaedia Indica : India, Pakistan, Bangladesh / editor-in-chief, S. S. E562 Shashi. -- New Delhi : Anmol Publications, 1996. RID: --- ITEM #: san00041 934 Kenoyer, Jonathan M K369a Ancient cities of the Indus valley civilization. -- Karachi : Oxford University Press, 1998 RID: 98-930419 ITEM #: hrp00001 Harrapan
updated 3-1-2003 Indus (Dravidian), usually thought of as the name of a script, is now thought by linguists to also have been an early member of the Dravidian family of languages. The Indus language, as well as several others, was written with the Indus script. 954.003 Encyclopaedia Indica : India, Pakistan, Bangladesh / editor-in-chief, S. S. E562 Shashi. -- New Delhi : Anmol Publications, 1996. RID: --- ITEM #: san00041 930.003 Encyclopedia of the Ancient World / editor, Sharon Grimbly. -- E5647 London : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000 RID: --- ITEM #: myn00019 934 Kenoyer, Jonathan M K369a Ancient cities of the Indus valley civilization. -- Karachi : Oxford University Press, 1998 RID: 98-930419 ITEM #: hrp00001 Indus
updated 5-22-2001 Kannada (Dravidian), also called Kanarese and Kannadese, belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. It is spoken in India, principally in the state of Karnataka. Kannada is written with the Kanarese syllabary, which developed from the Grantha script. 494.8142 Bean, Susan S B367s Symbolic and pragmatic semantics : a Kannada system of address. - Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1978 RID: 77-18198 ITEM #: kan00001 494.814 McCormack, William Charles, 1929- M131k Kannada / by William McCormack, with the assistance of M.G. Krishnamurthi. - Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1966 RID: 66-13804 ITEM #: kan00002 780.954 Pesch, Ludwig P473i The illustrated companion to South Indian classical music. - [S.l.] : Oxford University Press, 1999 RID: 99-932759 ITEM #: hin00047 787.82 Shankar, Ravi, 1920- S5286Z Raga mala : the autobiography of Ravi Shankar. - [S.l.] : Welcome Rain Pub., 1999 Includes Kannada in glossary. RID: --- ITEM #: hin00055 Kannada
updated 3-8-2004 Kota (Dravidian) belongs to the Southern Dravidian branch of the Dravidian family of languages. It is sometimes written with the devanagari syllabary. 929.60941 Woodcock, Thomas W886o The Oxford guide to heraldry / Thomas Woodcock, John Martin Robinson. -- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, l988 RID: 88-23554 ITEM #: hin00074 Kota
updated 5-22-2001 Malayalam (Dravidian), stress on the third syllable, belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. It is spoken in India, particularly in the state of Kerala. Malayalam is written with the Malayalam syllabary, which developed from the Grantha script. 780.954 Pesch, Ludwig P473i The illustrated companion to South Indian classical music. - [S.l.] : Oxford University Press, 1999 RID: 99-932759 ITEM #: hin00047 494.812321 Sheppard, C. A. S549a Assissi concise English-English-Malayalam 1985 dictionary / by C.A. Sheppard & M.I. Warrier. - 6th ed. - Changanacherry, India : Assissi Print. & Pub. House, 1986 RID: wln88-106877 ITEM #: mal00001 915.9 South-East Asia : a Lonely Planet shoestring S727 guide / Peter Turner … et al. -- 8th ed. -- Hawthorn, Vic., Australia : Lonely Planet Publications, 1994. RID: wln9518699 ITEM #: ind00009 Malayalam
updated 3-23-2001 Tamil (Dravidian) belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. It is the oldest and most richly developed of the Dravidian languages. Tamil is spoken in India, principally in the state of Tamil Nadu, and also in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Fiji, Mauritius, Trinidad, Guyana, Tanzania, and elsewhere in East Africa. It is one of the official languages of Singapore. Tamil is written with the Tamil syllabary, the origins of which are uncertain. 410.7 Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics G351L (1st : 1995) Linguistics and the education of language teachers. - [S.l.] : Georgetown University Press, 1995 RID: --- ITEM #: tam00002 894.8111109 Hart, George L H325p The poems of ancient Tamil ... . -- Berkeley : RID: 73-91667 ITEM #: tam00001 700.482945 Kothari, Sunil K873p Parata nattiyam = Bharata Natyam. - [S.l.] : Marg Publications, 1997 RID: 97-900350 ITEM #: tam00004 959.5 Munan, Heidi M963m Malaysia. -- Singapore : Times Books International, 1990. RID: wln92-452282 ITEM #: tel00001 894.8111108 Poems of love and war. - [S.l.] : Columbia University Press, P7447 1985 RID: --- ITEM #: tam00003 915.9 South-East Asia : a Lonely Planet shoestring guide / Peter S727 Turner ... et al. -- 8th ed. -- Hawthorn, Vic., Australia : Lonely Planet Publications, 1994. RID: wln95-18699 ITEM #: ind00009 410 Studies in diglossia. -- Denton, TX : University of North Texas, 1991. S9333 RID: int wln93-292736 ITEM #: jav00001 Tamil
updated 1-25-2002 Telugu (Dravidian), also spelled Telegu, belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. It is spoken in India, principally in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Telugu is written with the Telugu syllabary, which developed from the Grantha script. 959.5 Munan, Heidi M963m Malaysia. -- Singapore : Times Books International, 1990. RID: wln92-452282 ITEM #: tel00001 780.954 Pesch, Ludwig P473i The illustrated companion to South Indian classical music. -- [S.l.] : Oxford University Press, 1999 RID: 99-932759 ITEM #: hin00047 787.82 Shankar, Ravi, 1920- S5286Z Raga mala. - [S.l.] : Welcome Rain Pub., 1999 RID: --- ITEM #: hin00055 Telugu
updated 3-1-2003 Toda (Dravidian) belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. It is spoken in southern India. Q Emeneau, M. B. (Murray Barnson), 1904- 494.81 Toda grammar and texts. -- E53t Philidelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1984 RID: 82-72155 ITEM #: tod00001 Toda
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