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Yerukala Language
Yerukula is a Dravidian language mainly spoken by the Yerukala tribe. This language is also called ''Kurru basha'' or ''Kulavatha''. Yerukala is linguistically close to South Dravidian languages such as Ravula and Irula. Lexical similarity among these languages ranges from 53% to 81%; in the case of Irula, it varies from 33% to 38%; in case of Ravula, it varies from 28% to 45%; in case of modern Tamil, it varies from 27% to 45%. Sathupati Prasanna Sree Sathupati Prasanna Sree (born 2 September 1964) is an Indian linguist. Career Sree is Professor of English and Chairperson of the Board of Studies at Andhra University. Throughout her career Sree has worked in preserving minority tribal langua ... has developed a unique script for use with the language. Some of the language terms, mostly relations. References External linksYerukalas Home Page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerukala People
Yerukala or Erukala or Erukula is a Tamil tribal community primarily found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The population of Yerukala tribes according to 2011 census is 519,337. The total literacy rate among Yerukula is 48.12%. Most live in southern coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, with a smaller minority in districts of Telangana. Their native language is Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, na ... based Yerukala but most have shifted to Telugu. They were vilifed in British sources for being habitual criminals, and so were placed under Criminal Tribes Act, although they were underrepresented in the population of criminals and were most likely targeted for their nomadic lifestyle. References and notes {{Reflist External linksYerukalas Home Page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Dravidian Languages
The Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Since the colonial era, there have been small but significant immigrant communities in Mauritius, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, South Africa, and the United States. The Dravidian languages are first attested in the 2nd century BCE, as Tamil-Brahmi script, inscribed on the cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu. The Dravidian languages with the most speakers are (in descending order of number of speakers) Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, all of which have long literary traditions. Smaller literary languages are Tulu and Kodava. There are also a number of Dravidian-speaking scheduled tribes, such as the Kurukh in Eastern India and Gondi in Central India. Outside of India, Brahui is mostly s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Languages
The Tamil languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are: * Irula, Betta Kurumba, Yerukala, Eravallan, Kanikkaran, Muthuvan, Sholaga, Kaikadi, Sankethi, Eezhavam, Jaffnese Arwi Arwi or ArabuTamil (Arabic: , ; ta, அரபுத்தமிழ் is an Arabic influenced dialect of the Tamil language written with an extension of the Arabic alphabet, with extensive lexical and phonetic influences from the Arabic lang ... is not a separate language but a register of Tamil used by Muslims. It is written in the Arabic alphabet and contains many loans from Arabic. Kakkala may be either a Tamil language or one of the Malayalam languages. Internal classification Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows: References {{Dr-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidian Languages
The Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Since the colonial era, there have been small but significant immigrant communities in Mauritius, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, South Africa, and the United States. The Dravidian languages are first attested in the 2nd century BCE, as Tamil-Brahmi script, inscribed on the cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu. The Dravidian languages with the most speakers are (in descending order of number of speakers) Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, all of which have long literary traditions. Smaller literary languages are Tulu and Kodava. There are also a number of Dravidian-speaking scheduled tribes, such as the Kurukh in Eastern India and Gondi in Central India. Outside of India, Brahui is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravula Language
Ravula, known locally as ''Yerava'' or '' Adiyan'', is a Dravidian language of Karnataka and Kerala spoken by the Ravula and Adiyan. It is classified under the category ''Malayalam 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 (locally called Yerava) in Kodagu district of Karnataka and by 1,900 Ravulas (locally called Adiyan) in the adjacent Wayanad district Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ... of Kerala. The term 'Yerava' is derived from the Kannada word ''Yeravalu'' meaning borrow. Phonology Adiya's phonology is similar to Malayalam with a few differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irula Language
Irula is a Dravidian language spoken by the Irulas who inhabit the area of the Nilgiri mountains, in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, India. It is closely related to Tamil. It is written in the Tamil script. Origins The language was first described and classified by indologist Kamil Zvelebil, who in 1955 showed that the Irula language is an independent Southern Dravidian language that is akin to Tamil, particularly Old Tamil, with some Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...-like features. Before that, it was traditionally denied or put to doubt, and Irula was described as a crude or corrupt mixture of Tamil and Kannada. According to a tentative hypothesis by Kamil Zvelebil, a pre-Dravidian Melanid population that forms the bulk of the Irula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathupati Prasanna Sree
Sathupati Prasanna Sree (born 2 September 1964) is an Indian linguist. Career Sree is Professor of English and Chairperson of the Board of Studies at Andhra University. Throughout her career Sree has worked in preserving minority tribal languages and creating new writing systems for tribal languages within India. Sree has created writing systems for the Kupia, Koya, , Jatapu, Konda-dora, Gadaba, Kolam, Gondi, , Savara, Kurru, Sugali, , Mukhadhora, and Rana languages. She received the Nari Shakti Puraskar on International Women’s Day 2022 from President Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind (; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the 14th President of India from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the second person after K. R. Narayanan, from the Dalit community .... Selected works Sree's published writings include: * ''Psychodynamics of the Women in the Post Modern Literature of the East and the West'' * ''Shade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
