Did Dravidian Languages Evolve from Sanskrit? Discovery Book Review/Culture-Tongue of Southern India
Channel: Yakshagana raguk
Date: 2016-02-29

Book review and criticism of Dravid Naadu Nudi (Tongue and Language of Southern India) by Dr Raghava Nambiar. An amazing Kannada book all language lovers should read.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jidouIhCRvw

Correction:
Dharma should be replaced with the word Mata. Roopyate should be Roopate.

My position: I am well aware of the theory proto-Dravidian origin postulated by  Europeans. Even I believed until recently that Kannada had nothing to do with Samskrutam. I defended this view for years. But as my understanding of Kannada and Samskrutam both increased, I started encountering research that showed both languages are related. Such understanding requires a very advanced understanding of languages hard even for native speakers unless they are native to both languages. It is not clear if the languages were related to pre vedic period but the alpha-syllabic system is common. Grammar at a higher level is similar. Words are clearly common in most cases. This and research by others leads to me to think western classification of Dravidian languages is superficial. There is a chance that Samskrutam and Kannada etc are related very intimately. We do not know the exact nature of that relation. But it is likely a common language is the mothe language of southern and northern languages.