South-central Dravidian (Noun)
Meaning
A Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Gondi is classified as a South-Central Dravidian language primarily spoken by the Gond people of central and eastern India.
- It was realized after intensive analysis of similarities between them, Tulu-Kodagu could eventually be recognized as a part of South-Central Dravidian languages, but not so well defined yet.
- A language family classification issue remains in South-Central Dravidian languages, including Telugu.
- Konda, an enigmatic language in linguists' list, shows many traits of South-Central Dravidian language.
- South-Central Dravidian language division is argued and the position of Kannada within them questioned as it merges borders in the linguistic family with North Dravidian borders occasionally.