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Thematic map of South Asia showing the distribution of Dravidian languages, with different regions shaded or marked to indicate where specific Dravidian languages and subgroups are spoken. Most languages are concentrated in southern and central India, with some northern outliers in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and eastern India. A key identifies the languages by number and subgroup, and striped areas indicate regions where several subgroups overlap. South Dravidian languages
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Thematic map of South Asia showing the distribution of Dravidian languages, with different regions shaded or marked to indicate where specific Dravidian languages and subgroups are spoken. Most languages are concentrated in southern and central India, with some northern outliers in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and eastern India. A key identifies the languages by number and subgroup, and striped areas indicate regions where several subgroups overlap.
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The Toda language is a Dravidian language spoken by the Toda people, a pastoral tribe residing in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India. It is considered the most aberrant of the Dravidian linguistic stock. The language is of significant interest to linguists and anthropologists due to its preservation of Proto-Dravidian features, such as a three-way distinction in stop consonants. The Toda language has a large number of vowels and consonants, developed through numerous sound changes. While traditionally nonliterary, there is a growing modern literature in Toda.12

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