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Dravidian

noun
1.
A member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them).
2.
A large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka.  Synonyms: Dravidian language, Dravidic.



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Dravidian language
Central Dravidian
North Dravidian
South Dravidian
South-Central Dravidian


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... rough proceeding, so rough that for the United Kingdom I ignored the prehistoric types and accepted only the three headings of British, Low Dutch, and Norman-French. Again, as regards India I registered as follows:—Forest tribes (numerous), Dravidian (three principal divisions), Early Arian, Tartar (numerous, including Afghans), Arab, and lastly European, on account of their political importance, notwithstanding the fewness of their numbers. Proceeding in this off-hand way, and after considering the results, the broad ...
— Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development • Francis Galton


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