Bellari | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Karnataka & Kerala |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2007)[1] |
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Kannada script, Malayalam script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | brw |
Glottolog | bell1261 |
ELP | Bellari |
Bellari is a Dravidian variety of India spoken by about 1,000 Bellara, a Scheduled CasteofKarnataka 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.[2] A community of fifty families of basket-weavers lives in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.[3]
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant) |
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