ABSTRACT
All North Dravidian languages, including Malto, retain initial *k before */ and *F; their treatment of *k before other vowels varies. In Malto, *k usually be comes q before other vowels. Malto’s closest relative, Kurux, is also spoken in Bihar. These two languages have, for example, innovated distinct personal end ings for the second person singular masculine and the second person singular feminine. The cognates listed below further demonstrate their kinship.
