# Kurichiya language

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{{Short description|Southern Dravidian language of India}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Kurichiya
|nativename=
|states=[India](/source/India)
|ethnicity=[Kurichiya](/source/Kurichiya)
|speakers={{sigfig|29400|2}}
|date=2004
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Dravidian
| fam2             = Southern
| fam3             = [Southern I](/source/South_Dravidian_languages)
| fam4             = Tamil–[Kannada](/source/Kannada_dialects)
| fam5             = Tamil–[Kota](/source/Kota_language_(India))
| fam6             = Tamil–[Toda](/source/Toda_language)
| fam7             = Tamil–Irula
| fam8             = Tamil–[Kodava](/source/Kodava_language)–[Urali](/source/Urali_language)
| fam9             = [Tamil](/source/Tamiloid_languages)–[Malayalam](/source/Malayalamoid_languages)
| fam10            = [Malayalamoid](/source/Malayalamoid_languages)
| ancestor         = [Old Tamil](/source/Old_Tamil_language)
| ancestor2        = [Middle Tamil](/source/Middle_Tamil_language)
|dia1=Kunnam
|dia2=Wayanad
|iso3=kfh
|glotto=kuri1256
|glottorefname=Kurichiya
}}
'''Kurichiya''' ({{ipa|kfh|kurit͡ʃjɐ|ipa}}) is a [Southern Dravidian language](/source/Southern_Dravidian_languages) spoken by the [Kurichiya](/source/Kurichiya), a [Scheduled tribe](/source/Scheduled_tribe) of [India](/source/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>

==References==
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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}}

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