num_pages: 574
description: The Dravidian languages are spoken by nearly 200 million people in South Asia and in diaspora communities around the world. They include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, as well as over 20 non-literary languages. Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, one of the most eminent Dravidianists of our time, provides a linguistic overview of the Dravidian language family. He describes its history and writing system, discusses its structure and typology, and considers its lexicon. Distant and more recent contacts between Dravidian and other language groups are also covered.
language: English
title: The Dravidian Languages
titlecomplete: The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)
genres: Linguistics
ratings_count: 6
series: Cambridge Language Surveys
publisher: Cambridge University Press