Wayanad Chetti, or Chetti, is an unclassified 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]
| Wayanad Chetti | |
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| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2004)[1] |
Language family | Dravidian
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Writing system | Tamil script |
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| ISO 639-3 | ctt |
| Glottolog | waya1264 |
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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