Kurukh is a northern Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh / Oraon tribe in eastern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Gondi belongs to the south-central branch of the Dravidian family and is ...

Tamil, a Dravidian language, is considered to be the oldest and the world’s longest-surviving classical language still in use. With roots dating back to at least 300 BCE, it has a rich literary ...

Linguists, meanwhile, point out that both Tamil and Kannada are part of the Dravidian language family, stemming from Proto-Dravidian roots. While related, they evolved as distinct branches with ...

Quebec’s language watchdog contacted the Montreal transit agency at least six times in the wake of a complaint about using the word “go” on city buses to cheer on a local soccer team.

To Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the minority owner at United, albeit with full control over football operations, Heukels was a symbol of excess, a “body language consultant” he said the club were paying ...

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Your language (Kannada) was born out of Tamil, so you too are included," said Haasan. Kannada is one of the oldest Dravidian languages, with a rich and well-documented history that dates back over ...

They argue that Kannada is an independent Dravidian language like Tamil and other languages. Kannada linguists and scholars have come forward with documents to prove that all Dravidian languages, ...

Later, the party president and Chief Minister M K Stalin had in January said he was only a sympathiser and supporter, and not a member of the Dravidian party. The Mahila Court hearing the case ...

While discussions of linguistic origins have been sparked anew, both languages are branches of a Proto-Dravidian tree, S R Ramakrishna Last Updated : 31 May 2025, 20:20 IST ...