Langenesis

Dravidian family

Proto-South Dravidian

c. 1,100 BCE – 300 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-South Dravidian (c. 1,100 BCE – 300 BCE) is a reconstructed Dravidian language. It has 6 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Dravidian → Proto-South Dravidian.

See Proto-South Dravidian on the interactive map

Ancestor of South Dravidian (Krishnamurti's South Dravidian I): Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu and others. Dating follows Krishnamurti and is approximate.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Dravidianc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-South Dravidianc. 1,100 BCE – 300 BCE

Descendants 3

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Dravidian.

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