Bellari language

Bellari
Bellari
Belari
ಬೆಳ್ಳಾರಿ ബെല്ലാരി
Native to	India
Region	Karnataka & Kerala
Extinct	2023 (with the death of Sidda Belare)
Language family	Dravidian South Dravidian South Dravidian I Southwestern Dravidian Bellari; ; ; ;
Writing system	Kannada script, Malayalam script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	brw
Glottolog	bell1261
ELP	Bellari
	Bellari is classified as Critically Endangered according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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.

References

1 2 Khajane, Muralidhara (October 16, 2023). "Belare language dies with Sidda Belare: Why languages never die alone". thefederal.com.
1 2 Ganeshan, Poojitha BV,Balakrishna (May 19, 2025). "Kannada is facing existential crisis, warns Purushottama Bilimale". The News Minute.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
1 2 Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 31.
↑ Sanford Steever, 1998, The Dravidian Languages
↑ Govt. owned website. "Karnatakada Budakattu Bhashegalu". Bangalore: Classical Kannada.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

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[auto-1] 1 2 Khajane, Muralidhara (October 16, 2023). "Belare language dies with Sidda Belare: Why languages never die alone". thefederal.com.

[auto1-2] 1 2 Ganeshan, Poojitha BV,Balakrishna (May 19, 2025). "Kannada is facing existential crisis, warns Purushottama Bilimale". The News Minute.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[e18-3] 1 2 Bellari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[4] Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 31.

[5] Sanford Steever, 1998, The Dravidian Languages

[gov-6] Govt. owned website. "Karnatakada Budakattu Bhashegalu". Bangalore: Classical Kannada.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013.