irula

Thân thiện

An Irula elder teaches the language to a young child in a village setting.

Definition

Proper noun 1. A Dravidian language: A language belonging to the Dravidian family, spoken by a tribal community in parts of southern India, notably in the Nilgiri hills region of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is closely related to Tamil.

Usage

• Irula is used as the name of the language itself.
  • Linguists are studying the grammar of Irula.
  • Few written resources exist for Irula.
• It can function attributively to describe things related to the language or its speakers.
  • She is recording Irula folk songs.
  • An Irula dictionary is being compiled.

Advanced Usage

• The term is inherently specific and does not commonly have figurative or extended meanings. Its primary use is in linguistic, anthropological, and regional contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Irular: Refers to the ethnic community or people who speak the Irula language.
  • The Irular have traditional knowledge of snake catching.

Notes on Different Meanings

• Irula specifically denotes a language. The related term Irular (or Irulas) denotes the people. In some contexts, "Irula" may be used informally to refer to the people, but Irular is more precise for that meaning.

Synonyms

• There are no direct synonyms for the name of a specific language. It can be described as:
  • A Dravidian language
  • A South Indian tribal language

Related Phrases

• Speak Irula: The standard verb collocation.
  • How many people still speak Irula fluently?
• Irula-speaking: Used as a compound adjective.
  • He visited an Irula-speaking village.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India

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