Kadar language
| Kadar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
| Ethnicity | 2,000 Kadar[1] |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2004 survey)[2] |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kej |
| Glottolog | kada1242 |
Kadar (IPA: [kaːɖɐr]), also written in scholarly literature as Kada and Kadan, is a Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu that is closely related to Malayalam.[3][4] It is spoken by the Kadar people.
References
- ^ The culture of India. New York, NY: Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services. 2011. p. 29.
The Kadar population was estimated at approximately 2,000 individuals in the early 21st century
- ^ Kadar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Kadar Language". The Encyclopaedia of Dravidian Tribes. Vol. 2. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. 1996. pp. 92-93 [93]. ISBN 9788185692166.
The closest relationship [of Kadar language] is with Malayalam.
- ^ Mathur, P.R.G. (1996). "Kadar". The Encyclopaedia of Dravidian Tribes. Vol. 2. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. p. 76. ISBN 9788185692166.
The word, kādan, in Malayalam, means the dweller in a forest (plural - kādar). The tribe obviously got the name because of their exclusively forest habitat.
- Bibliography
- "Kadar Language". The Encyclopaedia of Dravidian Tribes. Vol. 2. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. 1996. pp. 92–93. ISBN 9788185692166.
Further reading
- Ehrenfels, U. R. (1952). "XI. The Kadan Language". Kadar of Cochin. Anthropological series. Vol. 1. Madras: University of Madras. pp. 257–271.
- Thundyil, Zacharias (1975). "The language of the Kadars". International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics. IV (2): 229–248.
- Indira, R. (1976). Descriptive analysis of Kadar (Thesis). Savitribai Phule Pune University. hdl:10603/154343.
- Suresh, J. (1981). A Descriptive study of Kadar Language of Anaimalai Hills (Ph.D.). Annamalainagar: Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics, Annamalai University.
- Chandramohan, P. (2025). "Kadar—An Endangered Dravidian Tribal Language of India". In N. S. Dash; S. Arulmozi; N. Ramesh (eds.). Handbook on Endangered South Asian and Southeast Asian Languages. Cham: Springer. pp. 331–363. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-80752-7_15.