List of Dravidian People
- Gond people: A prominent group of Dravidian-speaking tribal people inhabiting the central region of India.
- Kannadigaru: People belonging to the south-Dravidian subgroup. Mostly found in Karnataka and parts of northern Kerala and parts of southern Maharashtra, northwest region of Tamilnadu,[[. A minority group is found in Arab states of the Persian Gulf, United States, United Kingdom, Canada.
- Khonds/Kondha: Tribal people who speak the Dravidian Kui language. Mostly found in the eastern Indian states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
- Kodavas : People belonging to the south-Dravidian subgroup, found in Karnataka and parts of northern Kerala who speak the Kodava language.
- Kurukh: People belonging to the north-Dravidian subgroup. Found in India and Bangladesh. It is the only Dravidian language indigenous in Bangladesh.
- Malayali: These people belong to south-Dravidian linguistic subgroup. Mostly found in Kerala, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. A minority group is found in Arab states of the Persian Gulf, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Malaysia and Australia.
- Tamil: These people belong to south-Dravidian linguistic subgroup. Mostly found in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Singapore, Andaman and Nicobar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius, Bali, Sumatra, Malaysia and parts of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and South Africa. A minority group is found in Arab states of the Persian Gulf, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
- Telugus: These people belong to south-Dravidian subgroup (formerly classified with the Central Dravidian but now more specifically in the South Dravidian II or South Central Dravidian inner branch of the South Dravidian. Mostly found in Andhra Pradesh also in Orissa, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka and also in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Singapore and United States.
- Tuluvas: People belonging to the south Dravidian subgroup, found in coastal Karnataka and northern Kerala, alternatively named Tulu Nadu.
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