Dravidian, Dravirian, or Tamulic.
A family of languages, agglutinative in character, vernacular in the S. Peninsula of British India, and classed as Sub-Turanian. It includes Canarese, Malayalim, Tamil, Telugu, and Tulu. The term is derived from “Dravira,” a Sanskrit name for the Coromandel Coast. It is also called Nishada. See Caldwell: “Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages,” 8vo, 1861. ☞
Drewin.
African: a dialect of Grebo, allied to Bassa, spoken at Cape Palmas, Ivory-Coast, Guinea, W. Africa.
Dsuku.
African: allied to Nufi.
Dualla.
African: spoken at Fernando Po, W. Coast; classed by Bleek as Bantu. It is also spelled Dewalla.
Duaura, see [Baladea].