Are Bhashe dialect

Arebhashe or Gowda Kannada is a dialect of the Kannada language, particularly, spoken by the people belonging to ‘Gowda’ community (among Hindus) who are the natives of Madikeri, Somwarpet, Bhagamandala and Kushalanagara of Kodagu district and Sullia of Dakshina Kannada^[1]. It is also spoken by eastern parts of Kasaragod district^[2] of Kerala state. In Sullia Taluk, as the majority of the population belongs to Gowda community, most of others also generally communicate in the same dialect^[3]. More than half of the total population in Madikeri taluk consist of Are Bhashe Gowdas^[4]. Around 300,000 people in this region speak this dialect ^[5]. It is a 'half-tongue',(Are= half,Bhashe= speech)which is actually an admixture of Tulu, Kodava takk and Kannada. Hence Arebhashe pronunciation is somewhat distinct from Kannada (Example: hege in Kannada; henge in Arebhashe for 'How' in English. "aayithu" in kannada is "aath" in are_bashe for 'ok' in English.). It is written in the Kannada script.

loans of AreBhashe Words

Family Terms Of Address

References

See also

• Kodagu Gowda
• Kodagu
• Karnataka ethnic groups