Ullatan | |
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Kochu Velan | |
Native to | India |
Ethnicity | 16,700 (2001 census) [1] |
Extinct | 1990s [1] |
Dravidian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ull |
Glottolog | ulla1237 |
Ullatan is an apparently extinct Southern Dravidian language once spoken by two Scheduled tribes of India. Speakers shifted to Malayalam.
The Dravidian languages are a family of languages spoken by 220 and 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Dravidian is first attested in the 2nd century BCE, as inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi script on cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu.
Ull or ULL may refer to:
The population of Kerala, India is a heterogenous group that comprises many ethnic groups that originated in other parts of India as well as the world, with distinctive cultural and religious traditions. While the majority of Keralites speak the Malayalam language, various ethnic groups may speak other languages as well.