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Bellari
Belari
ಬೆಳ್ಳಾರಿ ബെല്ലാരി
Native toIndia
RegionKarnataka & Kerala
Extinct2023 (with the death of Sidda Belare)[1][2][3]
Dravidian
Kannada script, Malayalam script
Language codes
ISO 639-3brw
Glottologbell1261
ELPBellari
Bellari is classified as Critically Endangered according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[4]

Bellari (IPA: [beɭːaːri]) was a Dravidian language of India spoken by the Bellara, a Scheduled Caste of Karnataka and Kerala, it went extinct with the death of Sidda Belare.[5][6] It was reportedly close to Tulu and Koraga (especially the former),[3] but it is not known if it is a separate language or a dialect of Tulu.[7] A community of fifty families of basket-weavers lives in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.[8]

References

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  1. https://thefederal.com/category/the-eighth-column/belare-language-dies-wirh-sidda-belare-why-languages-never-die-alone-98622
  2. https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/kannada-is-facing-existential-crisis-warns-purushottama-bilimale
  3. 1 2 Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  4. Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 31.
  5. https://thefederal.com/category/the-eighth-column/belare-language-dies-wirh-sidda-belare-why-languages-never-die-alone-98622
  6. https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/kannada-is-facing-existential-crisis-warns-purushottama-bilimale
  7. Sanford Steever, 1998, The Dravidian Languages
  8. Govt. owned website. "Karnatakada Budakattu Bhashegalu". Bangalore: Classical Kannada.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013.