Question

Which of the following languages is not among the Dravidian group of languages?

1. Telugu
2. Malayalam
3. Kannada
4. Bengali

Answer 1

Hint:
The Dravidian language family is one of the largest language families native to the Indian subcontinent. They were spread originally across all of India. The Four major Dravidian languages are identified by the constitution.


Complete answer:
It is said that after the Aryan invaders from the north introduced the Indo Aryan languages, they pushed the speakers of original Dravidian languages towards the southern region of India. This is the reason that the Dravidian languages are mostly spoken in the southern region of the country.

1. Telugu:- This is not the right option. This language does belong to the Dravidian group of languages. This language is the largest member of the Dravidian language. It is the official language for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

2. Malayalam:- This is not the right option. This language also belongs to the Dravidian group of languages. It is the official language of Kerala and Lakshadweep islands.

3. Kannada:- This is not the right option. This language belongs to the Dravidian group of languages. It is the official language of the state of Karnataka. This language is the second oldest of the four major Dravidian languages.

4. Bengali:- This is the right option. This language belongs to the Indo aryan group of languages. It has evolved from Magadhi, Prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit languages. This language is native to the region of eastern South Asia.

Therefore the answer is 4. Bengali


Note:
The Dravidian languages are quite unique. The Dravidian languages are 4500 years.There are 70 individual languages in this language family. The four languages which are most commonly used are Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. While on the other hand Bengali belongs to the Indo Aryan language family.