Urali

A language of India

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Alternate Names: Oorazhi, Uraly, Urli
Population: No known L1 speakers. Survived into the 2000s. Ethnic population: 6,440 (2001 census).
Location:: Kerala state: Idukki district, Memari and Vanchivayal villages.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Kannada
Dialects: None known. Shares features with Tamil [tam], Irula [iru], and Kannada [kan] (Lal 1991). Lexical similarity: 60%–71% with Malayalam [mal], 54%–58% with Tamil [tam].
Language Use: Shifted to Malayalam [mal].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 73% (2001 census).
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Urali
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Irali Urali is a dialect of Irula [iru] in Tamil Nadu. Urali Kurumba is an alternate name for Betta Kurumba [xub] in Wayanad District, Kerala. Traditional religion.

Location: Kerala state: Idukki district, Memari and Vanchivayal villages.