Yerukula is a
Dravidian language
The Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Since the colonial era, there have been small but significant imm ...
mainly spoken by the
Yerukala tribe. This language is also called ''Kurru basha'' or ''Kulavatha''. Yerukala is linguistically close to South Dravidian languages such as
Ravula
The Ravula (Adyar in Malayalam, Yerava in Kannada) are a tribal community in Karnataka and Kerala. Their common language is known as the Ravula language. They live predominantly the Kodagu district of Karnataka along with its adjacent regions ...
and
Irula. Lexical similarity among these languages ranges from 53% to 81%; in the case of Irula, it varies from 33% to 38%; in case of Ravula, it varies from 28% to 45%; in case of modern Tamil, it varies from 27% to 45%.
Sathupati Prasanna Sree
Sathupati Prasanna Sree (born 2 September 1964) is an Indian linguist.
Career
Sree is Professor of English and Chairperson of the Board of Studies at Andhra University.
Throughout her career Sree has worked in preserving minority tribal langua ...
has developed a unique script for use with the language.
Some of the language terms, mostly relations.
References
External links
Yerukalas Home Page
Tamil languages
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