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Dravidian languages

Dravidian is a language family with 30 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Eurasia. The largest by number of speakers are Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada. 26 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
TeluguIndia96,000,000
TamilIndia, Sri Lanka85,000,000
KannadaIndia60,000,000
MalayalamIndia38,000,000
Kui (India)India500,000At risk
KuviIndia246,513At risk
BadagaIndia134,000Threatened
Sauria PahariaBangladesh, India117,000Vulnerable
KodavaIndia97,011Threatened
DuruwaIndia51,200Vulnerable
KurichiyaIndia29,400Endangered
SholagaIndia24,000Vulnerable
Kumarbhag PahariaIndia20,200Vulnerable
Konda-DoraIndia15,000Vulnerable
Pottangi Ollar GadabaIndia15,000Vulnerable
Korra KoragaIndia14,000Vulnerable
Mudhili GadabaIndia8,000Threatened
IrulaIndia5,000Threatened
Manda (India)India4,040Threatened
Betta KurumbaIndia4,000Threatened
Southeastern KolamiIndia1,500Threatened
Alu KurumbaIndia1,000Threatened
BellariIndia1,000Endangered
Mudu KoragaIndia1,000Threatened
TodaIndia1,000Endangered
Kota (India)India900Endangered
AllarIndia350Endangered
AranadanIndia200Endangered
VishavanIndia150Endangered
PengoIndiaEndangered

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.