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Wayanad Chetti language

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Malayalamoid language spoken in India
Wayanad Chetti
Native toIndia
Native speakers5,000 (2004)
Language familyDravidian
Early formsOld Tamil
Writing systemTamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3ctt
Glottologwaya1264

Wayanad Chetti, or Chetti, is a 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. Kannada is the closest major language. Their language is also very similar to Badaga.

References

  1. Wayanad Chetti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Ethnologue".
  3. Waugh, Barb (15 March 2006). "Wayanad Chetti" (PDF).
  4. Hockings, Paul; Pilot-Raichoor, Christiane (1992). A Badaga-English Dictionary, Volume 8 of Trends in Linguistics. Documentation [TiLDOC]. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 454, 514. ISBN 9783110846058.
Dravidian languages
South
Tamil–Kannada
Kannada
- Badaga
Kannadoid
Toda-Kota
  • Toda
  • Kota
    • Kodagu
    Irula
    Tamil -
    Malayalam
    Tamiloid
    Malayalamoid
    Tulu-Koraga
    Others
    South-Central
    Teluguic
    Gondi-Kui
    Gondi
    Konda-Kui
    Central
    Kolami-Naiki
    Parji–Gadaba
    North
    Kurukh-Malto
    Proto-languages
    Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)


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