Ravula language
Ravula | |
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Yerava, Adiyan | |
Native to | India |
Region | Wayanad District |
Ethnicity | 41,000 Ravula (2011 census) |
Native speakers | 26,563 (2011 census)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yea |
Glottolog | ravu1237 |
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 | |
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Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Mid | ə | ||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
- All vowels except for /ɪ,ə,ʊ,ɔ/ demonstrate contrastive vowel length.[6]
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m | n̪
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n
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ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |
Stop
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voiceless | p | t̪
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ʈ | c | k | |
voiced | b | d̪
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ɖ | ɟ | g | ||
Fricative
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s | ||||||
Approximant
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ʋ | l
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ɭ | j | |||
Trill | r
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tribes in Malabar : A Socio-Economic Profile" (PDF). ShodhGanga.
- ^ "Ravula Language". Ethnologue - Languages of the world.
- ISBN 9781853598272.
- ISBN 9788172112257.
- OCLC 901560296.