The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 573
ISBN-13: 9780521025126
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Dravidian languages; Language; Indic Languages - General; Linguistics; Foreign Language Study / Indic & South Asian Languages; Foreign Language Study-Indic & South Asian Languages - General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; General
First sentence: Robert Caldwell (1856, 3rd edn, repr. 1956: 3-6) was the first to use 'Dravidian' as a generic name of the major language family, next to Indo-Aryan (a branch of Indo-European), spoken in the Indian subcontinent.