Bellari language

For other uses, see Bellari (disambiguation).
Bellari
Native to India
Region Karnataka & Kerala
Native speakers
 1,000  (2007)[1]
Dravidian

  • Southern

Language codes
ISO 639-3 brw
Glottolog bell1261[2]

Bellari is a Dravidian variety of India spoken by about 1,000 Bellara, a Scheduled Caste of Karnataka 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.[3] A community of fifty families of basket-weavers live in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bellari". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Sanford Steever, 1998, The Dravidian Languages
  4. ↑ Kannada Prabha (Kannada daily). 11 March 2011 http://archives.kannadaprabha.com/News.asp?&Topic=-124&Title=ڇ%20Oګڄs%20߽ګ. Retrieved 4 February 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Karnatakada Budakattu Bhashegalu". Bangalore: Classical Kannada.org. Retrieved 4 February 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)