Eurasia · ISO 639-3 iru · Glottocode irul1243
Irula of the Nilgiri
Within Eurasia, Irula of the Nilgiri makes another source configuration visible: a language of the Dravidian family, shifting status, and likely Tamil script.
- Language family
- Dravidian
- Likely script
- Tamil (Taml)
- Source status
- shifting
- Macroarea
- Eurasia
- Source country codes
- IN
- Reference point
- 12.706, 79.952
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Scholarly boundary
The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.