North Dravidian languages
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Dravidian | 4 |
| Northern Dravidian languages | 3 |
| North Dravidian languages canonical | 2 |
| North Dravidian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T725278 — 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: North Dravidian languages Context triple: [Dravidian languages, subfamily, North Dravidian languages]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Sindhi, Punjabi, and Lahnda.
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D.
Proto-Dravidian
Proto-Dravidian is the reconstructed common ancestral language from which all modern Dravidian languages, including Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, are believed to have descended.
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E.
Southern Dravidian
Southern Dravidian is a major branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, primarily spoken in southern India and parts of Sri Lanka.
- 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: North Dravidian languages Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Sindhi, Punjabi, and Lahnda.
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D.
Proto-Dravidian
Proto-Dravidian is the reconstructed common ancestral language from which all modern Dravidian languages, including Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, are believed to have descended.
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E.
Southern Dravidian
Southern Dravidian is a major branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, primarily spoken in southern India and parts of Sri Lanka.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian languages subgroup
ⓘ
branch of language family ⓘ |
| are |
agglutinative languages
ⓘ
minority languages in India ⓘ native languages of several Adivasi communities ⓘ non-Indo-European languages ⓘ |
| divergedFrom | Proto-Dravidian ⓘ |
| geographicalOrientation | northern ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
North Dravidian subgroup
ⓘ
Northern Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | several languages vulnerable or endangered ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Kisan language
ⓘ
Kurmali language ⓘ Kurukh ⓘ
surface form:
Kurukh language
Malto language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative verb morphology
ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasProtoLanguage | Proto-North Dravidian ⓘ |
| hasResearchTopic |
classification within Dravidian family
ⓘ
contact with Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| hasSubclassificationStatus | small branch of Dravidian ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemStatus | often written in regional Indic scripts ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian language family
|
| recognizedBy | comparative Dravidian linguistics ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWith |
Central Dravidian languages
ⓘ
South Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Kurukh people
ⓘ
Malto people ⓘ Oraon ⓘ
surface form:
Oraon people
|
| spokenIn | India ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
central India
ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ |
| spokenInState |
Assam
ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ Chhattisgarh ⓘ Jharkhand ⓘ Orissa ⓘ
surface form:
Odisha
West Bengal ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Dravidian studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
predominantly suffixing morphology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: North Dravidian languages Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Northern Dravidian
this entity surface form:
Northern Dravidian languages
this entity surface form:
North Dravidian
this entity surface form:
Northern Dravidian languages
this entity surface form:
Northern Dravidian languages