Bellari language
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]
| Bellari | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Karnataka & Kerala |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2007)[1] |
| Kannada script, Malayalam script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | brw |
| Glottolog | bell1261 |
| ELP | Bellari[2] |
References
- Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Bellari.
- Sanford Steever, 1998, The Dravidian Languages
- Govt. owned website. "Karnatakada Budakattu Bhashegalu". Bangalore: Classical Kannada.org. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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