4. Telugu – The Language of Poetry and Cinema Telugu, another major Dravidian language, evolved from Proto-Dravidian, with the earliest records dating back to the 6th century AD. The Chalukya ...

Prakrit inscriptions mention this language as far back as 400 BCE. It is likely that it started taking shape at this time, from the group of tongues known as Proto-Dravidian. Telugu flourished ...

proto-language, showing how it has influenced many Indo-European languages. Much of these roots have been traced back to Old Tamil,” she explained. OUP’s connection to Dravidian languages ...