Can Dravidian language speakers understand each other?

Originally Answered: Are the Dravidian languages mutually intelligible? Technically yes, they are mutually intelligible. A Dravidian language speaker from South india can partly understand other dravidian language even though he cannot give a proper reply .

Is brahui a Dravidian language?

Brahui is a Dravidian language spoken by close to 2 million mostly in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. Besides Pakistani, small groups of Brahui speakers are also found in Irani Balochistan, Afghanistan and in and around the Marw oasis in Turkmenistan.

Which Dravidian language has the most number of speakers?

Among the Dravidian languages, Telugu is spoken by the largest population. After Hindi and Bengali it is the third most frequently spoken of all the Indian languages.

Which Dravidian language has the most speakers in India?

The Dravidian languages with the most speakers are Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. There are also small groups of Dravidian-speaking scheduled tribes, who live outside Dravidian-speaking areas, such as the Kurukh in Eastern India and Gondi in Central India.

How old is the Dravidian language family?

For the study, the team made a detailed investigation of the historical relationships of 20 Dravidian varieties. The researchers used advanced statistical methods to infer the age and subgrouping of the Dravidian language family about 4,000-4,500 years old.

Which Dravidian language reaches the farthest back in time?

The results showed that of the four main Dravidian languages, with literary traditions spanning centuries, Tamil reaches back the farthest. Along with Sanskrit, Tamil is one of the world’s classical languages.

Are there any unclassified Southern Dravidian languages?

Ethnologue also lists several unclassified Southern Dravidian languages: Mala Malasar, Malasar, Thachanadan, Ullatan, Kalanadi, Kumbaran, Kunduvadi, Kurichiya, Attapady Kurumba, Muduga, Pathiya, and Wayanad Chetti . Pattapu may also be Southern.