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The 13 pages that link to Dravidian languages, each with the reason it gives.

• Indo-Aryan languagesCompared with: Long contact with Dravidian languages influenced Indo-Aryan speech in South Asia.

• Indo-Iranian languagesCompared with: Dravidian languages are distinct from Indo-Iranian despite extensive contact and borrowing.

• Indus scriptRelated: A Dravidian-language hypothesis is among the best-known proposals for the script’s underlying language.

• Tamil languageNarrower topic: Tamil belongs to this family, whose shared history helps explain its linguistic relatives.

• Dravidian movementRelated: The idea of a distinct Dravidian identity drew partly on this linguistic family.

• Kannada languageNarrower topic: Kannada belongs to this family alongside Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.

• Telugu languageNarrower topic: Telugu belongs to this family, whose shared history distinguishes it from Indo-Aryan languages.

• Hindi BeltCompared with: The family’s southern heartlands contrast with the predominantly Indo-Aryan linguistic profile of the belt.

• MalayalamNarrower topic: Malayalam belongs to this family, whose shared features distinguish it from Indo-Aryan languages.

• South IndiaNarrower topic: These languages connect much of the region while differing from one another.

• TamilsNarrower topic: Tamil is one language within this broader family, not a label for all its speakers.

• Dravidian peoplesRelated: Linguistic affiliation is the clearest common thread linking the peoples grouped under this name.

• ManipravalamNarrower topic: Malayalam belongs to this family, unlike Sanskrit.