Chetti, Wayanad
A language of India
| Population | 5,000 (2004). |
| Region | Kerala, Wayanad District, Chekadi, Appapara, Panavalli, Pulpalli, Thirunelli, Tholpetti and Kattikkulam villages; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, Nilgiri and Periyar districts, Karnataka, Bavali. |
| Alternate names | Chetti, Chetty |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 62%–76% with Gowder, 65% with Jennu Kurumba [xuj], 52% with Kannada [kan]. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Unclassified |
| Comments | Thurston (1909) states that ‘Chetti’ means trader, but this occupational term is also loosely employed as a caste name. 10 groups of Chetti identified in Tamil Nadu. |
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