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	Kamat's Potpourri: The Languages of India
		Kannada -- A prominent Dravidian language spoken in the province of Karnataka.
		Kutchi -- A language spoken in the Kutch region of Gujarat.
		Tulu -- A spoken language prominently spoken in Dakshina Kannada and Udupidistricts on the west-coast.
	www.kamat.com /indica/diversity/languages.htm (934 words)

	Tamil language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is one of the official languages of India, Singapore and Sri Lanka.
		Tamil is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and is one of 22 nationally recognised languages under the Indian Constitution.
		Tamil is a phonetic language and is subject to well-defined rules of elision and euphony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tamil_language (4156 words)

	Tamil language - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The language is also spoken in other parts of these two countries, most notably in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra, and in Colombo and the hill country in Sri Lanka.
		In addition, Tamil was recognised as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004, following a campaign by several Tamil associations supported by academics from India and abroad, most notably Professor George L. Hart, who occupies the Chair in Tamil Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
		However, the language as written in the native script could be pronounced either as dhamizh or thamizh.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Tamil_language (4148 words)

	Irulas
		One surmise is that it could have been derived from Tamil word, Irul either implying the dark complexion of the Irulas or their being constantly spotted by villagers in the ancient past as distant silhouettes in the forests.
		Anthropological literature says that Irulas belong to the Negrito (or Negroid) race, which is one of the six main ethnic groups that add to the racial mosaic of India.
		Irulas as a tribe are traditional snake and rat catchers.
	www.ashanet.org /projects/tamilnadu/irulas/Irulas.html (828 words)

	Tamil language Summary
		The language is also spoken by small groups of minorities in other parts of these two countries, most notably in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra, and in Colombo and the hill country in Sri Lanka.
		Tamil is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and is one of 22 nationally recognised languages under the Indian Constitution.
		Tamil is a phonetic language and is subject to well-defined rules of elision and euphony.
	www.bookrags.com /Tamil_language (4676 words)

	Central Institute of Indian Languages
		I argue that this division has important repercussions for the development of a native language education programmes for the community because these programmes are to take into consideration the practical benefits of combining education in the native language, as well as the local state language.
		Until the nineteenth century, the Nilgiris was relatively isolated from the lowland region of the Deccan plateau and coastal plains, and was inhabited by sixteen indigenous groups.
		Despite the two challenges discussed, I argue that the development of native language education is vitally important to ensure the long-term survival of Betta Kurumba and other indigenous languages in the Nilgiris.
	www.ciil.org /Main/Announcement/Abstracts/Abstacts/27.htm (545 words)

	The Individualist: Dravidian language family
		The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 26 languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and eastern and central India, as well as in parts of Afghanistan and Iran.
		The origins of the Dravidian languages, as well as their subsequent development and the period of their differentiation, are unclear, and the situation is not helped by the lack of comparative linguistic research into the Dravidian languages.
		A grammar of the Teloogoo language, commonly termed the Gentoo, peculiar to the Hindoos inhabiting the northeastern provinces of the Indian peninsula / by A.D. Campbell.
	www.dadamo.com /wiki/wiki.pl/Dravidian_language_family (822 words)

	TREE OF LIFE: Stop the chainsaw massacre - NI 184 - Endpiece
		This was the one day in the year when the Irulas' sacred mountain also became the focus of attention of sophisticated caste Hindus from miles around.
		Yet there was no doubt in their minds that the god Rangaswami had chosen to inhabit just such a primitive Irula man on that day.
		One had come to thank Rangaswami for answering his prayer for a son; another was concerned about his wife's illness the other two were begging assistance in their business ventures.
	www.newint.org /issue184/endpiece.htm (826 words)

	Asian EFL Journal: English Language Teaching and Research Articles
		However, others such as Charles Morris (in Thomason, 1973, p.161) considered that the study of language should be parceled into syntax, semantics and pragmatics while certain researchers at least in the past have seen pragmatics as a fuzzy area, possibly not deserving of being categorized as a separate and main field.
		For example, there may be a difference in the illocutionary effect of certain performative verbs in one language -say the Walmatjari language, which she uses to make her point- to that of English.
		This should include understanding and defining better for students in the foreign language classroom, as to what is cross-cultural pragmatic failure and its relevance to their L2 learning.
	www.asian-efl-journal.com /september_04_pd.php (4650 words)

	India, Indian States, India States, Indian hotels, Indian News and Indian Tourism, India Travel
		It is one of the official languages of India, Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
		Tamil is the first language of the majority in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and in northern, eastern and northeastern Sri Lanka.
		Tamil is the Official Language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and union territories of Pondicherry/Pudhucherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and is one of 23 nationally recognised Official Languages in the Indian Constitution.
	www.andamannicobarin.com /wiki-Tamil_language (4663 words)

	Origin of races in India, Negritos Tribe In India,Dravidians Tribe In India,Aryans Tribe In India,Proto-Australoids ...
		The Khirwar, a sub-group of the Gonds, live in the Sarguja district at the borders of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
		They are related to the Bodo and Kachari tribes and speak Bodo, a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
		These are the rural tribes concentrated in the districts of Alwar and Bharatpur in Rajasthan and in the Gurgaon district in Haryana.
	www.culturopedia.com /Tribes/tribes(h-n).html (2021 words)

	Man Shall not live by Bread alone...Math:4:4
		Theyspeak Irula language which is in south Dravidian language group.Irula settlement is called as Arai.
		God’s story in irula language was translated by us in 2005 and this is the first visual narration in their language and also it will help to build the biblical world view among this un-reached people group.
		We request you all to uphold irula people group and for their Heavenly blessings.Now we are in the work of finishing the Grammar of Vettakad Irula..
	www.bitlit.org (1595 words)

	Hispanic Business Forums - Spanish Language! Vanishing?
		I love my Spanish language and it is my dream to see that all Hispanic children born in the US would be so fluent in Spanish...What can we do?...please help.
		Because America is a place, not a language, not a race, it's an idea...that the only boundaries to limit your identity are those that you impress upon yourself.
		I would never move to another country and then expect all the people there to speak my language, to change just for me. I would expect to learn their language and be part of their culture.
	www.hispanicbusiness.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=519 (2604 words)

	Indian National Language
		Different languages are spoken in all the states.
		For the convenience of the people of India, the Indian constitution had allowed English to be the National language for ten years, but the time has since then been extended.
		Though Hindi was adopted as the official national language, many Indian States feel that imposition of Hindi would spoil their individual languages and culture.
	www.indiaforum.org /india/national-language.htm (421 words)

	languagehat.com: HISTORY OF KANNADA.
		Kannada is the language predominant in the state of Karnataka in India.
		As i have understood kannada is the mother toungue of all languages, simple to speak, easy to understand and our karnataka is the place choosen by chandra gupta maurya to spend his last days, even today karnataka is the host for many languages like konkani, kodava, and others.
		Unlike these languages for which old literature means you might very well end up in the zone of sanskrit, the parent language, Tamil had literature written in Tamil in those times, admittedly in an older dialect of Tamil.
	www.languagehat.com /archives/001589.php (3592 words)

	25 May 2004 Update From HCJB World Radio
		GOSPEL RECORDINGS IN INDIA'S IRULA LANGUAGE IMPACT TRIBE Audio Scripture Ministries continues to report encouraging growth for their India outreach.
		Church leaders are excited about having recently recorded the gospel of Mark in the Irula language.
		What makes this even more exciting is that this is the only translated portion available in the Irula language.
	jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/12864.htm (1111 words)

	EveryTongue.com Language Recordings Main page
		Here is the list of languages that you can hear if you order the cassette tape.
		Here is a list of the languages that do not have a recording.
		Here you can listen to a recording in a language you know and then listen to the same recording in a language that you want to learn.
	www.everytongue.com (531 words)

	Seminar of Indian Studies
		Zvelebil is one of the leading specialists in the field of Dravidian languages and cultures.
		For example, he has given the first systematic description of the Irula language spoken by a tribe in the Blue Hills (Nilgiri) of South India.
		He has published a number of books and papers on Dravidian languages and literatures, and also translations from old and modern Tamil, Malayalam, Sanskrit and other Indian languages.
	iu.ff.cuni.cz /?page=hippalos-en (445 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:IRU
		The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
		Mele Nadu varieties have 78% to 86% lexical similarity with each other, 67% to 70% with Northern Irula, 64% to 66% with Vette Kada, 47% to 50% with Tamil.
		Irula is used in the home, village, in market and politics with other Irula people, and for praying.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=IRU (173 words)

	IRULA language
		See what people groups speak this language from the Joshua Project.
		See also the alphabetical language list and full country list.
		Another reference on countries, languages and people groups is Peoplegroups.org.
	globalrecordings.net /language/892 (133 words)

	Welcome to Bible Society Of India
		Apart from Scripture items in Tamil language, this Auxiliary has been instrumental in producing Scriptures in Badaga and Sourashtra languages, and also Audio scriptures in Badaga, Toda, Irula and Sourashtra languages.
		We are also meeting the scripture needs of different people group in Andaman who speak 14 languages and people of Nicobar Islands who speak Nicobarese language.
		Last year we printed 5000 Bibles in Nicobarese languages and sent them to Car Nicobar Island.
	www.bsind.org /tamil.htm (228 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:iru
		Irula Pallar (Urali Irula), Mele Nadu Irula (Southern Irula), Northern Irula (Kasaba, Kasava, Kasuba), Vette Kada Irula.
		Lexical similarity 78% to 86% between Mele Nadu varieties, 67% to 70% with Northern Irula, 64% to 66% with Vette Kada, 47% to 50% with Tamil.
		Literacy rate in second language: 20% among adults, 50% among younger generation.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=iru (149 words)

	The God's Story Project - Current Language Progress
		The 100,000 speakers are 5% literate and have only a few Bible portions in their language.
		Final negotiations are in progress and/or the translation process is in progress for ten additional languages for tribal groups.
		In total we have over 200 language translations of God's Story either finished, in various stages of negotiation or in script translation.
	www.gods-story.org /curprogress.htm (616 words)

	Sources for the Numbers List
		This page gives the sources for each language on the Numbers from 1 to 10 page.
		Sometimes half the work in dealing with a new language is finding out what it is, and relating it to the sometimes wildly varying classifications from Ruhlen, Voegelin, and the Ethnologue.
		There are notes relating to this, as well as information on dialects, and names of languages I don't have yet.
	www.zompist.com /sources.htm (2727 words)

	God's Story: From Creation to Eternity (DVD video) - ChristianAnswers.Net catalog
		Godâs Story is available in numerous languages, and you can view, read, and listen to all the content on-line at our Godâs Story Web site - ChristianAnswers.Net/godstory.
		We may publish your comments on the movie review page for this title.
		Other languages may be available, just ask 1-800-332-2261
	www.christiananswers.net /catalog/godstory-vs.html (746 words)

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