Koraga language
Koraga language (Kannada Script: ಕೊರಗ ), also called, Koragar, Koragara, Korangi or Korra Koraga is a Dravidian language spoken by the Koraga tribe, a Scheduled tribe people of Tulu Nadu, region in South West, India, Tulu Nadu comprises the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in Karnataka State and Kasaragod district of Kerala State. The language is related to Tulu and Kannada but is not intelligible with either of them. The language is also not intelligible with Muddu Koraga, a language spoken by the Koraga tribe in Kerala.
Classification
Koraga is a member of the Dravidian family of languages.[1][2] It is further classified into the Southern Dravidian family. Koraga is a spoken language and generally not written, whenever it is written it makes use of Kannada script. Koraga people are generally conversant in Tulu and Kannada languages and hence use those languages as a medium for producing literature.
Dialects
According to Bhat (1968), there are 4 dialects:
References
- ^ Fairservis, Walter Ashlin (1997). The Harappan Civilization and Its Writing: A Model for the Decipherment of the Indus Script. Asian Studies. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-9004090668.
- ^ Stassen, Leon (1997). Intransitive Predication. Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory. Oxford University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0199258932.
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