Dravidian/Uralic

[Allan Bomhard]

Genetic relationship between (Elamo-)Dravidian and Uralic(-Yukaghir) has been
proposed within the conext of the Nostratic hypothesis, first by V. M.
Illich-Svitych and A. B. Dolgopolsky and then by A. R. Bomhard.
 
There is no special relationship between Uralic and Dravidian.  Dravidian
appears to be related to Elamite (if the views of D. McAlpin are accepted).
 According to J. H. Greenberg, Uralic is part of the Eurasiatic family of
languages, along with Indo-European, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Gilyak, and
Eskimo-Aleut.  A. R. Bomhard considers Eurasiatic to be one of the branches
of Nostratic.
 
These and other issues are discussed in detail in:
 
A. R. Bomhard and J. C. Kerns. _The Nostratic Macrofamily._  1994.  Berlin
and New York:  Mouton de Gruyter.
 
A. R. Bomhard.  _Indo-European and the Nostratic Hypothesis._  1996.
 Charleston, SC:  Signum.