Wayanad Chetti | |
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Native to | India |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2004) [1] |
Dravidian
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Tamil script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ctt |
Glottolog |
waya1264 |
Wayanad Chetti, or Chetti, is a Southern Dravidian language of India spoken by Wayanadan Chetti community in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. It has 62-76% lexical similarity with Gowder, 65% with Jen Kurumba and 52% with Kannada. [2] Kannada is the closest major language. [3] Their language is also very similar to Badaga. [4]