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{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Koraga<br />
|nativename= ಕೊರಗ<br />
|states=[[India]]<br />
|ethnicity=[[Koraga people|Koraga]]<br />
|speakers=45-50<br />
|date=2018<br />
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-04|title=Gondi, Walmiki, Malhar, Korga: Mother tongues India risks losing|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/losing-our-languages/story-IFNYB3xyzYMI1JHtyz5E9K.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> <br />
|script=[[Kannada script]]<br />
|familycolor=Dravidian<br />
|fam2=Southern Dravidian<br />
|fam3=Tulu<br />
|lc1=kfd|ld1=Korra Koraga<br />
|lc2=vmd|ld2=Mudu Koraga<br />
|glotto=kora1289<br />
|glottorefname=Koraga<br />
}}<br />
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'''Koraga''' (also rendered ''Koragar, Koragara, Korangi)'' is a [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]] spoken by the [[Koraga people]], a [[Scheduled tribe]] people of [[Dakshina Kannada]], [[Karnataka]], and [[Kerala]] in South West [[India]]. The dialect spoken by the Koraga tribe in Kerala, Mudu Koraga, is divergent enough to not be intelligible with Korra Koraga.{{sfnp|Bhat|1971|p=2}}<br />
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==Classification==<br />
Koraga is a member of the [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] family of languages.<ref>{{cite book<br />
|last=Fairservis<br />
|first=Walter Ashlin<br />
|title=The Harappan Civilization and Its Writing: A Model for the Decipherment of the Indus Script<br />
|publisher=Brill Academic Publishers<br />
|series = Asian Studies<br />
|year=1997<br />
|isbn=978-90-04-09066-8<br />
|page=16<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book<br />
|last=Stassen<br />
|first=Leon<br />
|title=Intransitive Predication<br />
|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]<br />
|series = Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory<br />
|year=1997<br />
|isbn=978-0-19-925893-2<br />
|page=220<br />
}}</ref> It is further classified into the Southern Dravidian family. Koraga is a spoken language and generally not written, whenever it is written it makes use of Kannada script. Koraga people are generally conversant in [[Tulu language|Tulu]]{{sfnp|Bhat|1971|p=4}} and [[Kannada]] languages and hence use those languages as a medium for producing literature.<br />
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==Dialects==<br />
According to {{harvtxt|Bhat|1971}}, there are 4 dialects:{{sfnp|Bhat|1971|p=2}}<br />
*''Onti'' (spoken in [[Udupi]])<br />
*''Tappu'' (in [[Hebri]])<br />
*''Mudu'' (in [[Kundapura]])<br />
*''Ande'' (midway between ''tappu'' and ''onti'' and in [[Mangalore]])<br />
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All the speakers who speak ''Mudu'' dialect are bilingual with Kannada language and all speaking ''onti'' dialect are bilingual with Tulu language.{{sfnp|Bhat|1971|p=2}} This has resulted a strong influence of Kannada on Mudu koraga and also similar influence of Tulu is seen on onti koraga dialect.{{sfnp|Bhat|1971|pp=2 ,4}} Majority of negative forms of onti koraga language are borrowed from Tulu language.{{sfnp|Bhat|1971|p=45}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book |first=D. N. Shankara |last=Bhat |title=The Koraga Language |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bHvUr-xOtSwC |year=1971 |publisher=Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute |location=Pune }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://tulu-research.blogspot.com/2008/04/108-koraga-language-primer.html "Koraga language: A primer"]<br />
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{{Dravidian languages}}<br />
{{Languages spoken in Kerala}}<br />
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[[Category:Dravidian languages]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Agglutinative languages]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]<br />
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