Proto-South Dravidian language
| Proto-South Dravidian | |
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| Proto-South Dravidian I | |
| Reconstruction of | South Dravidian languages |
| Region | Primarily South India, possibly also areas of North India during Bronze Age. |
| Era | ca. 2nd-1st m. BCE |
Reconstructed ancestor | |
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Proto-South Dravidian is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the southern Dravidian languages native to southern India. Its descendants include Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, Badaga, Kodava, Irula, Kota and Toda. South Dravidian is sometimes referred to as South Dravidian I (SD1) by linguists.