Arebhashe dialect

Arebhashe
ಅರೆಭಾಷೆ
Native to India
Region Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada Kasaragodu
Ethnicity Gowda
Native speakers
 400,000[1] (2011)
Dravidian
Kannada script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –

Arebhashe is a dialect of Hale Kannada and Tulu languages. It is spoken by more than 400,000[1] people, particularly Hindus in the Gowda[2] community in the regions of Kodagu and Sullia of Dakshina Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka..

Etymology

Linguists[3] have suggested that the word Arebhashe means 'half-tongue,' from the Arebhashe word "a're" meaning "half" and bhashe, meaning "speech." Arebhashe pronunciation and accent are distinct from Kannada.

History

Arebhashe is written in the Kannada script.[4]The Arebhashe dialect is believed to have originated during the transformation of Hale Kannada to Hosa Kannada, and according to some historians the dialect may be five-hundred years old.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 ORGI. "Census of India: Abstract of speakers’ strength of languages and mother tongues –2001". censusindia.gov.in.
  2. ↑ "Kdk". kdkgowdas.com.
  3. ↑ kn:ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮ ಬಿಳಿಮಲೆ
  4. ↑ "Arebhashe". arebhase.blogspot.in.
  5. ↑ "Kodagu Arebhashe Gowdas - A Ethnic Group - Coorg A2Z". coorga2z.in. 24 September 2015.
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