Bellari language
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| Bellari | |
|---|---|
| Belari | |
| ಬೆಳ್ಳಾರಿ ബെല്ലാരി | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Karnataka & Kerala |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2007)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Kannada script, Malayalam script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | brw |
| Glottolog | bell1261 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| File:Lang Status 20-CR.svg Bellari is classified as Critically Endangered according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
Bellari (IPA: [beɭːaːri]) is a Dravidian variety of India spoken by about 1,000 Bellara, a Scheduled Caste of Karnataka and Kerala. It is reportedly close to Tulu and Koraga (especially the former),[1] but it is not known if it is a separate language or a dialect of Tulu.[3] A community of fifty families of basket-weavers lives in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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- ^ Sanford Steever, 1998, The Dravidian Languages
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