Kurichiya language

Kurichiya
Kurichiya
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Kurichiya
Native speakers	29,000 (2004)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Kurichiya; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Dialects	Kunnam; Wayanad;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kfh
Glottolog	kuri1256
ELP	Kurichiya

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Kurichiya is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by the Kurichiya, a Scheduled tribe of India. The two dialects, Kunnam and Wayanad, are no closer to each other than they are to Malayalam. The Kurichiya language has 27 identified phonemes, of which 5 are vowels and 22 are consonants. Frequent consonants include /p, t, c, k/ and /m, n/, while /b, v/ occur less frequently.^[2]

References

^ Kurichiya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Syam, S. K.; M., Phil (January 2016). "Kurichiya Tribe of Kerala - A Phonological Study". Language in India. 16 (1).

Sources

"Did you know Kurichiya is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2021-02-15.

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[e18-1] Kurichiya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Syam, S. K.; M., Phil (January 2016). "Kurichiya Tribe of Kerala - A Phonological Study". Language in India. 16 (1).

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