Urali
A language of India
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Region | Kerala, Idukki District, Upputhara, Kanchiyar, Vannappuram, Velliyamattom, Ayyappankovil panchayats. |
| Alternate names | Oorazhi, Uraly, Urli |
| Dialects | Shares features with Tamil [tam], Irula [iru], and Kannada [kan] (Lal 1991). Lexical similarity: 60%–71% with Malayalam [mal], 54%–58% with Tamil. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Kannada |
| Language use | Mainly older adults. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 73%. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Separate linguistically from both the Urali dialect in Tamil Nadu and Betta Kurumba [xub] in Wayanad District, Kerala. Hunter-gatherers; agriculturalists. Traditional religion. Nearly extinct. |
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