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Kurichiya language

Kurichiya language

Southern Dravidian language of India

Kurichiya 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.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Kurichiya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Syam, S. K.; M., Phil (January 2016). "Kurichiya Tribe of Kerala - A Phonological Study". Language in India. 16 (1).

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