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{{Short description|Dravidian language of India}}
{{Other use|Bellari (disambiguation)}}
{{Other use|Bellari (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name = Bellari
|name = Bellari
|altname =
|altname = Belari
|nativename = {{lang|brw-Knda|ಬೆಳ್ಳಾರಿ}} / {{lang|brw-Mlym|ബെല്ലാരി}}
|nativename =
|states = [[India]]
|pronunciation = {{IPA-kn|ˈbəɭɭari|}}
|region = Karnataka & Kerala
|states (state) = India
|speakers = 1,000
|region = [[Karnataka]]; [[Kerala]]; [[Tamil Nadu]]<ref name="Bellari Etnologue">{{cite web|title=Bellari Etnologue|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=brw|publisher=sil.org|accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref>
|speakers = {{formatnum:2300}}
|date = 2007
|iso3 = brw
|ref = e18
|familycolor = Dravidian
|fam2 = South Dravidian
|fam3 = [[South Dravidian languages|South Dravidian I]]
|fam4 = Southwestern Dravidian
|script= [[Kannada script]], [[Malayalam script]]
|iso3 = brw
|glotto=bell1261
|glottorefname=Bellari
}}
}}

'''Bellari language''' is a critically endangered language of India. This language is mainly spoken in Adi Karnataka, Kuruba, Vakkaliga. There are around 2,300 speakers of this language. <ref name="Bellari language JP">{{cite web|title=Bellari language|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/languages.php?rol3=brw|publisher=Joshua Project|accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="Bellari language SS">{{cite web|title=Bellari language|url=http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&uid=aaf723h4ga|publisher=Script Source|accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref> Literacy rate of Bellari language speakers is only 1%.<ref name="Bellari Etnologue" />
'''Bellari''' is a [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] variety of India spoken by about 1,000 [[Bellara people|Bellara]], a [[Scheduled Caste]] of [[Karnataka]] and [[Kerala]]. It is reportedly close to [[Tulu language|Tulu]] and [[Koraga language|Koraga]] (especially the former),<ref name="e18"/> but it is not known if it is a separate language or a dialect of Tulu.<ref>Sanford Steever, 1998, ''The Dravidian Languages''</ref> A community of fifty families of basket-weavers lives in [[Kundapura Taluk]] in coastal [[Karnataka]].<ref name="gov">{{cite web |last=Govt. owned website |title=Karnatakada Budakattu Bhashegalu |url=http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase/KANNADA%20UNICODE%20HTML/Language%20Kannada%20HTML/TRIBAL%20LABGUAGES%20OF%20KARNNTAKA.htm |publisher=Classical Kannada.org |location=Bangalore |accessdate=4 February 2013 |archive-date=10 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092559/http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase/KANNADA%20UNICODE%20HTML/Language%20Kannada%20HTML/TRIBAL%20LABGUAGES%20OF%20KARNNTAKA.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=brw Bellari language in sil.org]
[[Category:Dravidian languages]]
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]



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Latest revision as of 17:47, 24 September 2024

Bellari
Belari
ಬೆಳ್ಳಾರಿ / ബെല്ലാരി
Native toIndia
RegionKarnataka & Kerala
Native speakers
1,000 (2007)[1]
Dravidian
Kannada script, Malayalam script
Language codes
ISO 639-3brw
Glottologbell1261
ELPBellari

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.[2] A community of fifty families of basket-weavers lives in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Sanford Steever, 1998, The Dravidian Languages
  3. ^ Govt. owned website. "Karnatakada Budakattu Bhashegalu". Bangalore: Classical Kannada.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013.