| 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, known locally asYerava orAdiyan, 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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