Central Dravidian

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Central Dravidian - a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India

Dravidian language, Dravidic, Dravidian - a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka

Kolami - the Dravidian language spoken by the Kolam in central India

Naiki - a Dravidian language spoken in south central India

Parji - a Dravidian language spoken in south central India

Ollari - a Dravidian language spoken in south central India

Gadaba - the Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba

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In Chapter 15, Ravi Ponamgi analyzes quantification in Telegu (781-844), a Central Dravidian language with 70 million speakers mainly in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Handbook of quantifiers in natural language

Dybo's explanation, in the case of markedness this nostratic suffix (based on the examples from Turkic, Mongolic and Central Dravidian languages) indicates not only the definiteness of an object but also its complete engagement by activity, bringing it forth from the group.

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His Kolami, a Dravidian Language (1955a) deals with an analysis of Kolami descriptively (structurally in Bloomfieldian terms) and also discusses its place in Central Dravidian, as well as providing an etymological index of Kolami words.

M. B. Emeneau, 1904-2005, President of the Society, 1954-51, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, 1949-51