Irula
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ñām. Cognates with Kannada ನಾವು (nāvu), Malayalam നാം (nāṁ) and Tamil நாம் (nām).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
நாமு (nāmu)
- we
References
- Gerard F. Diffloth (1968) The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil[1], University of California, Los Angeles, page 23
- S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala[2], Language in India