| Koraga | |
|---|---|
| ಕೊರಗ | |
| Native to | India |
| Ethnicity | Koraga |
Native speakers | 45-50 (2018)[1] |
Dravidian
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| Kannada script,Malayalam script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kfd – Korra Koragavmd – Mudu Koraga |
| Glottolog | kora1289 |
Koraga (IPA:[korɐɡɐ], also renderedKoragar, Koragara, Korangi) is aDravidian language spoken by theKoraga people, aScheduled tribe people ofDakshina Kannada,Karnataka, andKerala in South WestIndia. The dialect spoken by the Koraga tribe in Kerala, Mudu Koraga, is divergent enough to not be intelligible with Korra Koraga.[2] Glottolog consider them as different languages.
Koraga is a member of theDravidian family of languages.[3][4] It is further classified into the Southern Dravidian family. Koraga is a spoken language and generally not written, whenever it is written it makes use of Kannada script. Koraga people are generally conversant inTulu[5] andKannada languages and hence use those languages as a medium for producing literature.
According to Bhat, there are 4 dialects:[2]
All the speakers who speakMudu dialect are bilingual with Kannada language and all speakingonti dialect are bilingual with Tulu language.[2] This has resulted a strong influence of Kannada on Mudu koraga and also similar influence of Tulu is seen on onti koraga dialect.[6] Majority of negative forms of onti koraga language are borrowed from Tulu language.[7]
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| High | i | iː | ɨ | u | uː | |
| Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
| Low | a | aː | ||||
| Bilabial | Dental/ Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | c | k | |
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɟ | g | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | l | j | ||||
| Rhotic | r | ||||||
Languages ofKerala | ||
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