Kurichiya language

{{Short description|Southern Dravidian language of India}} {{Infobox language |name=Kurichiya |nativename= |states=India |ethnicity=Kurichiya |speakers={{sigfig|29400|2}} |date=2004 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Dravidian | fam2 = Southern | fam3 = Southern I | fam4 = Tamil–Kannada | fam5 = Tamil–Kota | fam6 = Tamil–Toda | fam7 = Tamil–Irula | fam8 = Tamil–Kodava–Urali | fam9 = Tamil–Malayalam | fam10 = Malayalamoid | ancestor = Old Tamil | ancestor2 = Middle Tamil |dia1=Kunnam |dia2=Wayanad |iso3=kfh |glotto=kuri1256 |glottorefname=Kurichiya }} '''Kurichiya''' ({{ipa|kfh|kurit͡ʃjɐ|ipa}}) is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by the Kurichiya, a Scheduled tribe of India. The two dialects, Kunnam and Wayanad, are no closer to each other than they are to Malayalam. The Kurichiya language has 27 identified phonemes, of which 5 are vowels and 22 are consonants. Frequent consonants include /p, t, c, k/ and /m, n/, while /b, v/ occur less frequently.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Syam|first1=S. K.|last2=M.|first2=Phil|date=January 2016|title=Kurichiya Tribe of Kerala - A Phonological Study|url=|journal=Language in India|volume=16|issue=1 |pages=|via=}}</ref>

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==Sources== *{{Cite web|title=Did you know Kurichiya is endangered?|url=http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4370|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Endangered Languages|language=en}}

Category:Dravidian languages