Kudiya language

{{Short description|Dravidian language of India}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=kn|otherarticle=ಕುಡಿಯಾ ಭಾಷೆ|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox language |name=Kudiya |nativename= |states=India |ethnicity= |speakers= 2,800 |date=2007 |ref=e25 |familycolor=Dravidian |fam2=South Dravidian |fam3=South Dravidian I |fam4=Southwestern Dravidian |fam5=Kudiya–Tulu |script=Kannada script, Malayalam script |iso3=kfg |glotto=kudi1237 |glottorefname=Kudiya }}

'''Kudiya''' ({{ipa|kfg|kuɖijɐ|ipa}}) is a minor Dravidian language spoken by a scheduled tribe mostly in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu districts of Karnataka and Kasaragod, Kannur districts of Kerala<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nair |first=P. S[omasekharan] |date=1983 |title=Tribes of Kerala: A proposal for reclassification |journal=International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics |volume=12 |pages=496-507 [497, 499]}}</ref> in India.<ref>{{cite book |title=Forest Tribology And Anthropology |first1=Vinod M. |last1=Mhaiske |first2=Vinayak K. |last2=Patil |first3=S.S. |last3=Narkhede |publisher=Scientific Publishers |date=2016 |pages=159-160 (Karnataka), 160-161 (Kerala), 190 (language)|isbn=9789386102089}}</ref>

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==Further reading== * {{Cite book |last=Das |first=B. K. |title=Male Kudiya: Ethnographic Study of the Scheduled Tribes |location=Bangalore |publisher=Director of Census Operation |date=1984}} * {{Cite book |title=People of India: pt.1-3 Kerala |first=K. S. |last=Singh |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |date=1992 |pages=677–681 |isbn=9788185938998}} * Ramachandrarao, D.B. ''Male Kudiya: Upa samskruthi''. Adhyayana, 1993. * {{cite book |title=Karnataka State Gazetteers: Kodagu District (Gazetteer of India) |editor=Suryanath Upendra Kamath |publisher=Office of the Chief Editor, Karnataka Gazetteer |date=1993 |pages=165–166}} * {{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of South-Asian Tribes: The Koraga - The Lodha |volume=6 |series=Encyclopaedia of South-Asian Tribes |editor=Satinder Kumar |publisher=Anmol Publications |date=2000 |pages=1767–1772 |isbn=9788126105175}} * {{cite book |title=Karnataka |volume=26 |series=People of India |editor1=K. S. Singh |editor2=B. G. Halbar |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |date=2003 |pages=814–817 |isbn=9788185938981}}

Category:Dravidian languages