Bellari language
| Bellari | |
|---|---|
| Belari | |
| ಬೆಳ್ಳಾರಿ ബെല്ലാരി | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Karnataka & Kerala |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2007)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Kannada script, Malayalam script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | brw |
| Glottolog | bell1261 |
| ELP | Bellari |
 Bellari is classified as Critically Endangered according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
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 lives in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.[4]
References
- ^ a b Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 31.
- ^ 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.