| 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 |
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.[2] A community of fifty families of basket-weavers live in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Sanford Steever, 1998, The Dravidian Languages
- ↑ Govt. owned website. "Karnatakada Budakattu Bhashegalu". Bangalore: Classical Kannada.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013.