Yerukula is a
Dravidian language
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 i ...
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%.
has developed a unique script for use with the language.
Some of the language terms, mostly relations.
References
External links
Yerukalas Home Page
Tamil languages
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