Native to India Native speakers 27,000 (2007) | Ethnicity 47,000 (2007) ISO 639-3 yea | |
Language family DravidianSouthernTamil–KannadaTamil–KodaguTamil–MalayalamMalayalamRavula | ||
Ravula, known locally as Yerava or Adiyan, is a Dravidian language of Karnataka and Kerala. This language spoken by the Ravulas is unintelligible to others. Their language exhibits a number of peculiarities which marks it off from Malayalam as well as from other tribal speeches in the Wynad district. It is spoken by 25,000 Ravulas (locally called Yerava) in Kodagu district of Karnataka and by 1,900 Ravulas (locally called Adiyan) in the adjacent Wynad district of Kerala. The term 'Yerava' is derived from the Kannada word Yeravalu meaning borrow.
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