Ravula language
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| Ravula | |
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| Yerava, Adiyan | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Kodagu District, Wayanad District |
| Ethnicity | 41,000 Ravula (2011 census) |
Native speakers | 26,563 (2011 census)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | yea |
| Glottolog | ravu1237 |
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Ravula (Script error: No such module "IPA".), known locally as Yerava (Script error: No such module "IPA".) or Adiyan (Script error: No such module "IPA".), is a Dravidian language of Karnataka and Kerala spoken by the Adiyar. It is classified under the category Malayalamoid 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 Kodava Language or Kannada word Yeravalu meaning borrow.[4][5]
Phonology
Adiya's phonology is similar to Malayalam with a few differences.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | ʈ | c | k | |
| voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | ɟ | g | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | l | ɭ | j | |||
| Trill | r | ||||||
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tribes in Malabar : A Socio-Economic Profile" (PDF). ShodhGanga.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ravula Language". Ethnologue - Languages of the world.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marti, Felix (2005). Words and Worlds: World Languages Review. Multilingual Matters. p. 238. ISBN 9781853598272.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sinha, Anil Kishore (2008). Bio-social Issues in Health. Northern Book Centre. p. 506. ISBN 9788172112257.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mallikarjun, B. (1993). A descriptive analysis of Yerava. Central Institute of Indian Languages. OCLC 901560296.
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