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The Dravidian language family

  1. is an offshoot of Sanskrit

  2. is the least dispersed among the four major language families of India

  3. accounts for the language of nearly 40% of the Indian population

  4. has its members throughout the Peninsular Plateau
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Explanation

The Dravidian language family is the least dispersed among the four major language families of India. The Dravidian language family includes approximately 85 genetically related languages, spoken by about 217 million people. They are mainly spoken in southern India and parts of eastern and central India as well as in northeastern Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia and Singapore.

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