Ravula language

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Ravula
Yerava, Adiyan
Native toIndia
Region
Wayanad District
Ethnicity41,000 Ravula (2011 census)
Native speakers
26,563 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yea
Glottologravu1237

Ravula, known locally as Yerava or

Adiyar. It is classified under the category Malayalam languages in both the linguistics and the Census of India. However their language exhibits a number of peculiarities which marks it off from Malayalam as well as from other tribal speeches in the districts of Kodagu and Wayanad.[2] It is spoken by 25,000 Ravulas (locally called Yerava) in Kodagu district of Karnataka and by 1,900 Ravulas (locally called Adiyan) in the adjacent Wayanad district of Kerala.[3] The term 'Yerava' is derived from the Kannada word Yeravalu meaning borrow.[4][5]

Phonology

Adiya's phonology is similar to Malayalam with a few differences.

Front Central Back
Close i u
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Nasal m
n
ɳ ɲ ŋ
Stop
voiceless p
ʈ c k
voiced b
ɖ ɟ g
Fricative
s
Approximant
ʋ
l
ɭ j
Trill
r

References

  1. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. ^ "Tribes in Malabar : A Socio-Economic Profile" (PDF). ShodhGanga.
  3. ^ "Ravula Language". Ethnologue - Languages of the world.
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