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Dravidian or Dravida may refer to the following:

• As language:
  • Dravidian languages, a language family comprising about 21 languages including the four literary languages (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu) spoken mainly in South India and North-Eastern Sri Lanka
  • Proto-Dravidian, a model of the common ancestor of the above languages
  • Elamo-Dravidian languages, a proposed language family

• As region:
  • South India, the region which is called Dravida in the Indian anthem
  • Dravida Nadu, a proposed country for the southern Dravidian languages

• In ethnic studies and culture:
  • Dravidian people, a member of any of the peoples that speak one of the Dravidian languages
  • Dravidian architecture, a style of Temple construction
  • Dravidian martial arts, a style of martial arts
  • Dravidian Cuisine, the cuisine of South India
  • Pancha Dravida Brahmins, a division of Indian Brahmins
  • Dravidology, a field of study
  • Dravidian University, a university situated in Andhra Pradesh

• In politics:
  • The Self-respect movement, sometimes called the Dravidian movement or the Periyar movement, a Tamil Nadu political movement that appeals to speakers of the Tamil language
  • Dravidian parties, a collective term used for political parties in Tamil Nadu that trace their ideologies and origin from Dravidar Kazhagam
  • Dravidar Kazhagam, a former political party in Tamil Nadu
  • Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam, a former political party in Tamil Nadu
  • Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
  • All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
  • Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
  • Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
  • All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu

See also:

Dravid redirects here:

• Rahul Dravid, a professional Indian cricket player.
• Dravid (Surname), surname found in Deshastha Brahmin community in Maharashtra and adjoining western, central & southern parts of India

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Dravidian (plural Dravidians)

1. A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
2. Any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread south following Aryan migration.
3. Any of the languages of these people; Dravidic.