To which family of languages, the languages in South India belongs?
A
Sanskrit
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B
Munda
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C
Dravid
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D
Persian
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Solution
The correct option is C Dravid The Dravidian languages are a language family spoken by more than 215 million people mainly in the southern India and northern Srilanka. Dravidian languages are divided into South, South-Central, Central and North groups. The four major literary languages from Dravid family are Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. These are all recognised by Indian constitution.