Urali of Idukki in India

Speakers

6,440

Type

Location

Urali of Idukki in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Urali of Idukki in India

Size

6,440

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Southern India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Comments
1. Lal, S. M. (1991). A Descriptive Analysis of Urali:(speech of a Dravidian Hill Tribe) (Vol. 1). Central Institute of Indian Languages.
2. Simon, S. M. Ethnobotanical investigation on uraly tribe of Idukki district Kerala. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/218143
3. Palanisamy, M. (2007). Folklore of urali tribes in Kerala. University of Kerala. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/412174
4. C.G.Syama. (1997). A Grammar of the Urali Language of Idukki. Unpublished. https://kirtads.kerala.gov.in/2017/08/23/a-grammar-of-the-urali-language-of-idukki/
5. Bijumon Varghese and Jose P. Mathew. 2015. Tribes of Idukki, Kerala. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2015-029. 191.
6. Luiz, A. A. D. 1962. Tribes of Kerala. New Delhi: Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh. 310pp.
7. https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Urali.htm

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban

Size / Number of users

Number of users

6440
Source
Census of India
Year
2001
Comments

According to Census 2001 data provided in Ethnologue: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/url

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Generational use

Educational attainment

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local

Economic dimension

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion