Kurichiya language
Southern Dravidian language of India
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Native to | India |
Ethnicity | Kurichiya |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2004)[1] |
Language family | Dravidian
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Early forms | Old Tamil
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ISO 639-3 | kfh |
Glottolog | kuri1256 |
ELP | Kurichiya |
Kurichiya is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by the Kurichiya, a Scheduled tribe of India. The two dialects, Kunnam and Wayanad, are no closer to each other than they are to Malayalam. The Kurichiya language has 27 identified phonemes, of which 5 are vowels and 22 are consonants. Frequent consonants include /p, t, c, k/ and /m, n/, while /b, v/ occur less frequently.[2]
References
- ^ Kurichiya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Syam, S. K.; M., Phil (January 2016). "Kurichiya Tribe of Kerala - A Phonological Study". Language in India. 16 (1).
Sources
- "Did you know Kurichiya is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
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