Langenesis

Dravidian family

Old Kannada

c. 450 CE – 1200 CE Extinct

Old Kannada (c. 450 CE – 1200 CE) is an extinct Dravidian language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Dravidian → Proto-South Dravidian → Old Kannada.

See Old Kannada on the interactive map

From the Halmidi inscription (~450 CE) to the 12th century; literature includes the Kavirajamarga (~850 CE).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Dravidianc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-South Dravidianc. 1,100 BCE – 300 BCE
  3. Old Kannadac. 450 CE – 1200 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-South Dravidian.

Sources