Wayanad Chetti language
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Wayanad Chetti | |
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Native to | India |
Native speakers
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5,000 (2004)[1] |
Dravidian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ctt |
Glottolog | waya1264 [2] |
Wayanad Chetti, or Chetti, is an unclassified Southern Dravidian language of India spoken by Wayanadan Chetti community in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. It has 62-76% lexical similarity with Gowder, 65% with Jen Kurumba and 52% with Kannada.[3] Kannada is the closest major language.[4] Their language is also very similar to Badaga.[5]
References
- ↑ Wayanad Chetti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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