Bellari | |
States: | India |
Region: | Karnataka & Kerala |
Speakers: | 1,000 |
Date: | 2007 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Dravidian |
Fam2: | South Dravidian |
Fam3: | South Dravidian I |
Fam4: | Southwestern Dravidian |
Script: | Kannada script, Malayalam script |
Iso3: | brw |
Glotto: | bell1261 |
Glottorefname: | Bellari |
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), but it is not known if it is a separate language or a dialect of Tulu.[1] A community of fifty families of basket-weavers lives in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.[2]