Region South India Native speakers 70,000 (2001 census) Glottolog yeru1240 | Ethnicity Yerukala ISO 639-3 yeu | |
Language family Dravidian
Southern
Tamil–Kannada
Tamil–Kodagu
Tamil–Malayalam
Tamil languages
Yerukala | ||
Yerukula is a Dravidian language mainly spoken by the Yerukala tribe. This language is also called Kurru basha or Kulavatha. Yerukala is linguistically close to South Dravidian languages such as Ravula and Irula. Lexical similarity among these languages ranges from 53% to 81%; in the case of Irula, it varies from 33% to 38%; in case of Ravula, it varies from 28% to 45%; in case of modern Tamil, it varies from 27% to 45%.
Some of the language terms, mostly relations.
References
Yerukala language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA