Dravidian
adjective/drəˈvɪdiən/
/drəˈvɪdiən/
- connected with a group of languages spoken in South India and in Sri Lanka, or with the people who speak these languagesWord Originfrom Sanskrit drāviḍa ‘relating to the Tamils’ (people of southern India and Sri Lanka) (from Dravida ‘Tamil’) + -ian.
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