Tags: Language.
Bellari is a Dravidian variety of India spoken by about 1000 Bellara a Scheduled Caste of Karnataka and Kerala. It is reportedly close to Tulu and Koraga (especially the former) but it is not known if it is a separate language or a dialect of Tulu. A community of fifty families of basket-weavers live in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka.