Ravula language
Ravula | |
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Yerava, Adiyan | |
Native to | India |
Region | Kodagu District, Wayanad District |
Ethnicity | 41,000 (2011 census) |
Native speakers | 26,563 (2011 census)[1] |
Dravidian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yea |
Glottolog | ravu1237 |
Ravula, known locally as Yerava or Adiyan, is a Dravidian language of Karnataka and Kerala spoken by the Ravula and Adiyan. Their language exhibits a number of peculiarities which marks it off from Malayalam as well as from other tribal speeches in the Wayanad district.[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[]
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 | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |
Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | ʈ | c | k | |
voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | ɟ | g | ||
Fricative | s | ||||||
Approximant | l | ɭ | j | ||||
Trill | r |
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.
- ^ Marti, Felix (2005). Words and Worlds: World Languages Review. Multilingual Matters. p. 238. ISBN 9781853598272.
- ^ Sinha, Anil Kishore (2008). Bio-social Issues in Health. Northern Book Centre. p. 506. ISBN 9788172112257.
- ^ Mallikarjun, B. (1993). A descriptive analysis of Yerava. Central Institute of Indian Languages. OCLC 901560296.
Categories:
- Dravidian languages
- Dravidian language stubs