Elamo-Dravidian languages

Elamo-Dravidian
Zagrosian
(controversial)
Geographic
distribution		South Asia, West Asia
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
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GlottologNone
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The Elamo-Dravidian family
The hypothesized tree of the Elamo-Dravidian family

The Elamo-Dravidian language family is a hypothesised language family that links the Elamite language of ancient Elam (present-day southwestern Iran, and southeastern Iraq) to the Dravidian languages of South Asia. The latest version (2015) of the hypothesis entails a reclassification of Brahui as being more closely related to Elamite than to the remaining Dravidian languages. Linguist David McAlpin has been a chief proponent of the Elamo-Dravidian hypothesis, followed by Franklin Southworth as the other major supporter.[1] The hypothesis has gained attention in academic circles, but has been subject to serious criticism by linguists, and remains only one of several possible scenarios for the origins of the Dravidian languages.[note 1] Elamite is generally accepted by scholars to be a language isolate, unrelated to any other known language.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Southworth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Archaeologies of Text: Archaeology, Technology, & Ethics. Oxbow Books. p. 34.


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