Pattapu language

Pattapu
Pattapu
పట్టపు
Native to	India
Native speakers	200,000 or more (2013)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Tamiloid Yerukula–Korava–Kaikadi Pattapu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early form	Old Tamil
Writing system	none
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ptq
Glottolog	patt1247

Pattapu is a described Dravidian language of Andhra Pradesh.^[2]

They mostly live in the coastal areas of Nellore, Prakasam and Bapatla districts. The people that speak the language belong to 146 different villages. The language is closely related to Tamil but also has influences of Telugu.^[3]

Most of their villages have a temple dedicated to Lord Sriram.

According to Ramayana :: one of person from this caste was helped to the "lord sri ram" to the cross the river. In search of "Ma site devi" And "lord sri ram" is give promised to that person, I will worshipped by your caste (pattapu kapu)

They are mostly depends on hunting and catching of fishes or aquatic animals and Otherwise agriculture e.t.c^{[citation needed]}

External links

ISO request with word-list appended

References

^ Pattapu at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
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^ "'పట్టపు' భాష మాది! | - | Sakshi" [The language of 'Pattapu' is ours]. Sakshi (in తెలుగు).

[e26-1] Pattapu at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)

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[3] "'పట్టపు' భాష మాది! | - | Sakshi" [The language of 'Pattapu' is ours]. Sakshi (in తెలుగు).

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