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  2. South Dravidian languages - Wikipedia

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    Kannada lost clusivity. Old Tamil retained the PD like tense system of past vs non past but none currently do, all have past, present, future. Common plural marker is -kaḷ(u) in Tamil-Kannada while Tulu uses -ḷŭ, -kuḷŭ, certain Malayalamoid languages use other methods like -ya in Ravula and having kuṟe before the word in Eranadan.

  3. Kannada - Wikipedia

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    Kannada, like Malayalam and Tamil, is a South Dravidian language and a descendant of Tamil-Kannada, ... whose name is derived from the Kannada word for Puli, ...

  4. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    The origin of this word cannot be conclusively attributed to Malayalam or Tamil. Congee, porridge, water with rice; uncertain origin, possibly from Tamil kanji (கஞ்சி), [7] Telugu or Kannada gañji, or Malayalam kaññi (കഞ്ഞി). [citation needed] Alternatively, possibly from Gujarati, [8] which is not a Dravidian language.

  5. Dravidian languages - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known Tamil-Brahmi inscription, near Mangulam in Madurai district [144] Four Dravidian languages, viz. Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam, have lengthy literary traditions. [145] Literature in Tulu and Kodava is more recent. [145] Recently old literature in Gondi has been discovered as well. [146]

  6. Brahmic scripts - Wikipedia

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    Kannada: Telugu-Kannada: Around 4th-6th century Sanskrit, Kannada, Konkani, Tulu, Badaga, Kodava, Beary, others Knda U+0C80–U+0CFF ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಕ್ಷರಮಾಲೆ: Kawi: Pallava: 8th century Kawi was found primarily in Java and used across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century. [10] Kawi U+ ...

  7. Telugu-Kannada alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Telugu–Kannada script (or Kannada–Telugu script) was a writing system used in Southern India. Despite some significant differences, the scripts used for the Telugu and Kannada languages remain quite similar and highly mutually intelligible. Satavahanas and Chalukyas influenced the similarities between Telugu and Kannada scripts. [3]

  8. Tamil language - Wikipedia

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    TamilKannada. Tamil ... generated technical dictionaries for Tamil containing neologisms and words derived from Tamil roots to replace loan words from English and ...

  9. Proto-Dravidian language - Wikipedia

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    [13] [15] For example, Tamil āṟu, Tulu āji, Naiki sādi, Kui hāja; Tamil puṟṟu, Tulu puñca, Kannada huttu, Naiki puṭṭa, Konda puRi, Malto pute; Tamil onṟu, Tulu oñji, Pengo ronje, Brahui asi. Velar nasal *ṅ occurred only before *k in Proto-Dravidian (as in many of its daughter languages). Therefore, it is not considered a ...