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The only Dravidian language spoken entirely outside of India is Brahui, with more than 2.2 million speakers mainly in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Of the Dravidian languages, Tamil has the greatest geographical extension and the richest and most ancient literature, which is paralleled in India only by that of Sanskrit.
In addition, the largest Dravidian-speaking group outside India, Tamil speakers in Sri Lanka, number around 4.7 million. The total number of speakers of Dravidian languages is around 227 million people, around 13% of the population of the Indian subcontinent.
The only Dravidian language spoken entirely outside of India is Brahui with over two million speakers mainly in Pakistan and 200,000 speakers in Afghanistan ( Ethnologue ). The Dravidian language family was first recognized as an independent family in 1816.
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Besides the mainstream population, Dravidian languages are also spoken by small scheduled tribe communities, such as the Oraon and Gond tribes. Only two Dravidian languages are exclusively spoken outside India, Brahui in Balochistan, Pakistan and Dhangar, a dialect of Kurukh, in Nepal. Austroasiatic language family
The only Dravidian language that is spoken entirely outside India is Brahui, with about 1,580,000 speakers who live in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of southern Pakistan. Historical survey of the Dravidian languages
