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Bellari

Bellari is a Dravidian language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Bellari (IPA: [beɭːaːri]) was a Dravidian language of India spoken by the Bellara, a Scheduled Caste of Karnataka and Kerala, it went extinct with the death of Sidda Belare. It was reportedly close to Tulu and Koraga (especially the former), but it is not known if it is a separate language or a dialect of Tulu. A community of fifty families of basket-weavers lives in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.

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