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Proto-South Dravidian language

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is well established with several names of occupations which later became caste terms. There are also many terms for metal objects such as weapons, ships, vehicles with wheels, clothes, and valuable stones. There are new developments in agriculture with new crops and irrigation techniques. This more
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Going by attested changes in written documents, the Proto-South Dravidian I (PSD1) language has been hypothesised to have been present in the second half of the second millennium BC. Some linguists infer it to have split from Proto-South Dravidian II (Also known as South Central Dravidian or
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Ferenc Ruzca states that all the major shifts in Indo-Aryan phonetics over two millennia can be attributed to the constant influence of an old Dravidian language with a similar phonetic structure to
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There are also terms for urban structures and various types of habitations including villages, towns, castles, forts, prisons (or storehouses), palaces and streets. The
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stage, although not all reconstructed words are from a single chronological stage. There are several new words for headman, rulers (including an
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advanced lifestyle has yet to be identified in the archaeological record of peninsular India in the timeframe of Proto-South Dravidian.
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loan word), taxes, armies, territorial divisions, tolls and customs, debt collection and corvée labor.
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Ruzca, Ferenc (2013). "The influence of Dravidian on Indo-Aryan phonetics". In Klein, Jared S. (ed.).
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PSD1 also innovated separate demonstrative pronouns for females with a feminine suffix
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The vocabulary of PSD indicates that the society was much more developed than at the
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Proto-South Dravidian inherited the system of five short and long vowels from
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In Proto-South Dravidian I, there is a merger of Proto-Dravidian high vowels
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loan words into Proto-South Dravidian have been proposed by linguist
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The following words are attested in both Proto-South Dravidian and
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Indic Across the Millennia: from the Rigveda to Modern Indo-Aryans
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is sometimes referred to as South Dravidian I by linguists.
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in initial and medial positions. This sporadic loss of
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Central Institute of Classical Tamil. 1350:. Central Institute of Classical Tamil. 603:of the common ancestor of the southern 3095: 1484:. Quetta: Brahui academy. p. 236. 1039:member of a spec. tribe/caste, headman 2609:World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 2382: 1575: 1547: 1202:Andronov, Mikhail Sergeevich (2003), 756:following two intermediate stages of 739: 1526:Linguistic archaeology of South Asia 1497:Linguistic archaeology of South Asia 1477: 1407:Linguistic archaeology of South Asia 1380:Linguistic archaeology of South Asia 1236:Linguistic archaeology of South Asia 1152:Linguistic archaeology of South Asia 922:Proto-South Dravidian reconstruction 768:is also shared with the neighboring 1867:Arabi Malayalam (Mappila Malayalam) 1554:. Hempen Verlag. pp. 145–152. 13: 2408: 1206:, Otto Harrassowitz, p. 299, 780:in intervocalic position in PSD1. 14: 3119: 3072:Ancient manuscript digitalisation 1175:Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). 100: 3052:Standardisation of Tamil script 1541: 1471: 1422: 1364:Dravidian Comparative Grammar 1 1348:Dravidian Comparative Grammar 1 1125:Substratum effect on Indo-Aryan 1109:) cognate with PSD *erukku and 1409:, Routledge, p. 250-256, 1382:, Routledge, p. 240-242, 1355: 1339: 1324:. Cambridge University Press. 1310: 1295:. Cambridge University Press. 1281: 1266:. Cambridge University Press. 1252: 1195: 1181:. 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2008: 2005: 2004: 2002: 1998: 1984: 1981: 1979: 1976: 1974: 1973: 1969: 1967: 1964: 1962: 1959: 1957: 1954: 1952: 1949: 1947: 1946:Mullu Kurumba 1944: 1942: 1939: 1937: 1936: 1932: 1930: 1927: 1925: 1922: 1920: 1917: 1915: 1912: 1910: 1907: 1905: 1902: 1900: 1897: 1895: 1892: 1890: 1887: 1883: 1880: 1878: 1875: 1873: 1870: 1868: 1865: 1863: 1860: 1859: 1858: 1855: 1854: 1852: 1850: 1846: 1840: 1837: 1835: 1832: 1830: 1827: 1825: 1822: 1820: 1817: 1815: 1812: 1810: 1807: 1805: 1802: 1800: 1797: 1795: 1792: 1788: 1785: 1784: 1783: 1780: 1779: 1777: 1775: 1771: 1768: 1762: 1754: 1751: 1750: 1749: 1746: 1744: 1741: 1740: 1738: 1734: 1728: 1725: 1723: 1720: 1719: 1717: 1713: 1708: 1705: 1703: 1700: 1698: 1694: 1688: 1685: 1684: 1675: 1674:Jennu Kurumba 1672: 1670: 1669:Betta Kurumba 1667: 1665: 1662: 1660: 1657: 1655: 1652: 1650: 1647: 1645: 1642: 1641: 1639: 1637: 1633: 1630: 1624: 1621: 1619:Tamil–Kannada 1617: 1614: 1612: 1608: 1604: 1597: 1592: 1590: 1585: 1583: 1578: 1577: 1574: 1563: 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884: 880: 877: 873: 869: 865: 861: 857: 853: 852:time of trade 849: 846: 842: 838: 828: 825: 820: 818: 814: 804: 802: 798: 794: 790: 786: 781: 779: 776:also becomes 775: 771: 767: 763: 759: 755: 751: 747: 737: 735: 731: 722: 720: 716: 712: 708: 704: 700: 696: 692: 688: 684: 680: 665: 663: 652: 650: 646: 642: 638: 634: 630: 626: 622: 618: 614: 610: 606: 602: 598: 587: 582: 580: 575: 573: 568: 567: 565: 564: 560: 559: 552: 549: 547: 544: 542: 539: 537: 534: 532: 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 518: 512: 511: 503: 500: 498: 495: 493: 490: 488: 485: 483: 480: 478: 475: 473: 470: 468: 467:Cholanaikkans 465: 462: 459: 456: 453: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 410:Brahui people 408: 406: 403: 402: 395: 394: 387: 384: 382: 379: 376: 373: 372: 366: 365: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 337: 334: 332: 329: 327: 324: 323: 316: 315: 308: 305: 303: 300: 298: 295: 293: 290: 289: 283: 282: 275: 272: 270: 267: 265: 262: 260: 257: 256: 250: 249: 241: 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Index

South Dravidian languages
South India
North India
Bronze Age
Proto-Dravidian
Dravidian

Indus Valley Civilisation
Keezhadi excavation site
History of South India
Ancient history of Sri Lanka
Chola
Chera
Pandyan
Satavahana
Rashtrakuta
Chalukya
Pallava
Kakatiya
Hoysala
Sangama
Saluva
Tuluva
Aravidu
Nayak
Reddy
Aryacakravarti
Western Ganga
Eastern Ganga
Dravidian civilization

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