Native speakers 1,000 (2007) Glottolog bell1261 | ISO 639-3 brw | |
Language family DravidianSouthernTulu?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. A community of fifty families of basket-weavers live in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.
References
Bellari language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA