| Ravula | |
|---|---|
| Yerava, Adiyan | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Kodagu District,Wayanad District |
| Ethnicity | 41,000Ravula (2011 census) |
Native speakers | 26,563 (2011 census)[1] |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yea |
| Glottolog | ravu1237 |
Ravula (IPA:[raːʋuɭɐ]), known locally asYerava (IPA:[jerɐʋɐ]) orAdiyan (IPA:[ɐɖijɐn]), is aDravidian language ofKarnataka andKerala spoken by theAdiyar. It is classified under the categoryMalayalamoid languages in both the linguistics and theCensus of India. However their language exhibits a number of peculiarities which marks it off fromMalayalam as well as from other tribal speeches in the districts ofKodagu andWayanad.[2] 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 adjacentWayanad district of Kerala.[3] The term 'Yerava' is derived from theKodava Language or Kannada wordYeravalu meaning borrow.[4][5]
Adiya's phonology is similar to Malayalam with a few differences.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | ʈ | c | k | |
| voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | ɟ | g | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | l | ɭ | j | |||
| Trill | r | ||||||
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