The Dravidian peoples, Dravidian-speakers or Dravidians, are a collection of ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia who speak Dravidian languages. There are around 250 million native speakers of Dravidian languages. [1]

The Dravidian languages are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in South India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan, with pockets elsewhere in South Asia. [1] [2] The most commonly spoken Dravidian languages are (in descending order) Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, all of which have long literary traditions.

Jul 27, 2020 · The native Southeast Asian hunter-gatherers probably had their own distinct cultures and languages, which would have been lost to or assimilated into the more dominant Dravidian culture.

Dravidian peoples refers to the peoples that natively speak languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. The language group appears unrelated to Indo-European language families, most significantly the Indo-Aryan language.

Dravidian languages, family of some 70 languages spoken primarily in South Asia. The Dravidian languages are spoken by more than 215 million people in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. They are divided into South, South-Central, Central, and North groups; these groups are further organized into 24 subgroups.

Dravidian peoples, ethnic groups primarily in South India. Homo Dravida, a historically defined race, propagated also by Devaneya Pavanar; Adi Dravida, natives of Southern India

Dec 7, 2024 · Let’s delve into the powerful dravidian kingdoms of chera, chola, and pandya in south india, explore their trade and maritime prowess, and uncover the profound impact of temple architecture and religious practices in dravidian culture.

According to scientists and historians, the Dravidian people are descendants of Neolithic West Asian farmers from Iran which conquered and largely displaced the outnumbered native hunter gatherers of India. [2]

Mar 15, 2013 · We know very little about the Dravidian people in India, who used to reside in the country before the Aryans invaded Northern India from Iran and Southern Russia.

May 23, 2018 · In particular, the Aryan invaders targeted for extinction the Dasyus tribe, who were dark-skinned — a Dravidian feature. Yet another view indicates that the Harappa culture was already disintegrating when the Aryans arrived, perhaps due to natural causes such as a flood.