South Dravidian languages
E409877
South Dravidian languages are a major subgroup of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily in southern India, including prominent languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tulu.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Dravidian languages canonical | 9 |
| South Dravidian I | 3 |
| South Dravidian subgroup | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4017386 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Dravidian languages Context triple: [North Dravidian languages, sharesFeatureWith, South Dravidian languages]
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A.
North Dravidian languages
The North Dravidian languages are a small, geographically northern branch of the Dravidian language family spoken mainly in eastern and central India, including languages such as Kurukh and Malto.
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B.
Central Dravidian languages
Central Dravidian languages are a subgroup of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily in central India, known for their shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from the northern and southern branches.
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C.
South-Central Dravidian
South-Central Dravidian is a branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Telugu and related tongues spoken primarily in south-central India.
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D.
Proto-South-Central Dravidian
Proto-South-Central Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern South-Central Dravidian languages, such as Telugu and Gondi, are believed to have descended.
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E.
Dravidian languages
Dravidian languages are a family of languages primarily spoken in South India and parts of Sri Lanka, including major languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Dravidian languages Target entity description: South Dravidian languages are a major subgroup of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily in southern India, including prominent languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tulu.
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A.
North Dravidian languages
The North Dravidian languages are a small, geographically northern branch of the Dravidian language family spoken mainly in eastern and central India, including languages such as Kurukh and Malto.
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B.
Central Dravidian languages
Central Dravidian languages are a subgroup of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily in central India, known for their shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from the northern and southern branches.
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C.
South-Central Dravidian
South-Central Dravidian is a branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Telugu and related tongues spoken primarily in south-central India.
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D.
Proto-South-Central Dravidian
Proto-South-Central Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern South-Central Dravidian languages, such as Telugu and Gondi, are believed to have descended.
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E.
Dravidian languages
Dravidian languages are a family of languages primarily spoken in South India and parts of Sri Lanka, including major languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of the Dravidian language family
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| containsSubgroup |
Irula language
ⓘ
surface form:
Irula–Kurumba languages
Malayalam languages ⓘ Tamil–Kannada languages ⓘ Tamil–Kodagu subgroup ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil–Kodagu languages
Tamil–Malayalam subgroup ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil–Malayalam languages
Tulu ⓘ
surface form:
Tulu languages
|
| feature |
dravidian-type verb morphology
ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ rich case system ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Adiyan language
ⓘ
Mullu Kurumba language ⓘ
surface form:
Alu Kurumba language
Badaga language ⓘ Beary language ⓘ Betta Kurumba language ⓘ Irula language ⓘ Kannada ⓘ
surface form:
Kannada language
Kodava language ⓘ Koraga language ⓘ Kota language ⓘ Kunduvadi language ⓘ Kurichiya language ⓘ Betta Kurumba language ⓘ
surface form:
Kurumba (Tamil Nadu) language
Kurumba languages ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ
surface form:
Malayalam language
Mullu Kurumba language ⓘ Paniya language ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil language
Toda language ⓘ Tulu ⓘ
surface form:
Tulu language
Wayanad Chetti language ⓘ Yerukala language ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | diverged from Proto-Dravidian ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian
|
| partOf |
Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian language family
|
| region |
India
ⓘ
southern India ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Karnataka
ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ
surface form:
Lakshadweep
Puducherry ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ parts of Andhra Pradesh ⓘ parts of Telangana ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Kannada script
ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ Tamil script ⓘ Tigalari script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: South Dravidian languages Description of subject: South Dravidian languages are a major subgroup of the Dravidian language family spoken primarily in southern India, including prominent languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tulu.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Dravidian I
this entity surface form:
South Dravidian subgroup
this entity surface form:
South Dravidian I
this entity surface form:
South Dravidian I