Ravula language

Ravula, known locally as Yerava or Adiyan, is a Dravidian language of Karnataka and Kerala spoken by the Adiyar. It is classified under the category Malayalamoid languages in both the linguistics and the Census of India. However their language exhibits a number of peculiarities which marks it off from Malayalam as well as from other tribal speeches in the districts of Kodagu and Wayanad.^[2] It is spoken by 25,000 Ravulas (locally called Yerava) in Kodagu district of Karnataka and by 1,900 Ravulas (locally called Adiyan) in the adjacent Wayanad district of Kerala.^[3] The term 'Yerava' is derived from the Kodava Language or Kannada word Yeravalu meaning borrow.^[4][5]

Ravula
Yerava, Adiyan
Native to	India
Region	Kodagu District, Wayanad District
Ethnicity	41,000 Ravula (2011 census)
Native speakers	26,563 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Paniya–Ravula Ravula
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yea
Glottolog	ravu1237

Phonology

Adiya's phonology is similar to Malayalam with a few differences.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open	a

• All vowels except for /ɪ,ə,ʊ,ɔ/ demonstrate contrastive vowel length.^[6]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n̪	n	ɳ	ɲ	ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪		ʈ	c	k
	voiced	b	d̪		ɖ	ɟ	g
Fricative				s
Approximant		ʋ		l	ɭ	j
Trill				r