Kurichiya language

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.

Kurichiya
Native toIndia
EthnicityKurichiya
Native speakers
29,000 (2004)
Dravidian
  • Southern
    • Tamil–Kannada
      • Tamil–Kodagu
        • Tamil–Malayalam
          • Malayalam languages
            • Kurichiya
Dialects
  • Kunnam
  • Wayanad
Language codes
ISO 639-3kfh
Glottologkuri1256
ELPKurichiya
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