Ravula language
| Ravula | |
|---|---|
| Yerava, Adiyan | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Kodagu District, Wayanad District |
| Ethnicity | 47,000 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 27,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yea |
| Glottolog | ravu1237 |
Ravula, known locally as Yerava or Adiyan, is a Dravidian language of Karnataka and Kerala. This language spoken by the Ravulas is unintelligible to others. Their language exhibits a number of peculiarities which marks it off from Malayalam as well as from other tribal speeches in the Wynad district.[2] It is spoken by 25,000 Ravulas (locally called Yerava) in Kodagu district of Karnataka and by 1,900 Ravulas (locally called Adiyan) in the adjacent Wynad district of Kerala.[3] The term 'Yerava' is derived from the Kannada word Yeravalu meaning borrow.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Ravula at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Tribes in Malabar : A Socio-Economic Profile" (PDF). ShodhGanga.
- ^ "Ravula Language". Ethnologue - Languages of the world.
- ^ Marti, Felix (2005). Words and Worlds: World Languages Review. Multilingual Matters. p. 238. ISBN 9781853598272.
- ^ Sinha, Anil Kishore (2008). Bio-social Issues in Health. Northern Book Centre. p. 506. ISBN 9788172112257.
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