Chetti, Wayanad

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
ctt
Alternate Names
Chetti, Chetty
Population

5,000 (2004).

Location

Kerala, Wayanad district, Chekadi, Appapara, Panavalli, Pulpalli, Thirunelli, Tholpetti and Kattikkulam villages; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, Nilgiri and Periyar districts; Karnataka, Bavali.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Unclassified
Dialects

Lexical similarity: 62%–76% with Gowder, 65% with Jennu Kurumba [xuj], 52% with Kannada [kan].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chetti, Wayanad
Other Comments

‘Chetti’, trader, also loosely employed as a caste name (Thurston and Rangachari 1909). 10 groups of Chetti identified in Tamil Nadu.