Ravula

Language

Languagelanguage modern languageQ7296830

Also known as Ravula language

Subclass of: Malayalam
Indigenous to: Karnataka
, Kerala

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Ravula, is a Dravidian language of Karnataka and Kerala spoken by the Adiyar. It is classified under the category Malayalamoid languages in both the linguistics and the Census of India. However their language exhibits a number of peculiarities which marks it off from Malayalam as well as from other tribal speeches in the districts of Kodagu and Wayanad. It is spoken by 25,000 Ravulas in Kodagu district of Karnataka and by 1,900 Ravulas in the adjacent Wayanad district of Kerala. The term 'Yerava' is derived from the Kodava Language or Kannada word Yeravalu meaning borrow.

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Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/yeaRetrieved 2019-05-09
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Country: India
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1.“ScriptSource - India”scriptsource.org/country/INRetrieved 2023-08-21
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