A member of an ancient indigenous people of southern India; refers to the Dravidian ethnic group or their descendants.
From Sanskrit 'dravida,' of uncertain origin but possibly from the Dravidian language family itself; used to describe the pre-Aryan inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent.
The Dravidian people have one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations—their languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam) are spoken by over 200 million people today, making Dravidian one of the major language families on Earth!
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