Arebhashe dialect

Arebhashe
Arebhashe
ಅರೆಭಾಷೆ
Native to	India
Region	Sullia, Kodagu, Kasaragod
Ethnicity	Arebhashe Gowda
Language family	Dravidian South Dravidian South Dravidian I Tamil–Kannada Kannada–Badaga Kannadoid Kannada Southwestern Kannada Arebhashe; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Kannada script
Official status
Regulated by	Karnataka Arebhashe Samskruthi mathu Sahitya Academy
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	areb1239

Arebhashe (Kannada: ಅರೆಭಾಷೆ, Arebhāṣe) or Aregannada or Gowda Kannada is a dialect of Kannada mainly by Gowda communities in the region Madikeri, Somwarpet, and Kushalnagar taluks of Kodagu district, Sullia, taluks of Dakshina Kannada district; Bangalore and Mysore districts in the Indian state of Karnataka. As well as Bandadka, Kasaragod District in the Indian state of Kerala, Arebhashe is also called Gowda Kannada. The language was recognized by the Karnataka State government and formed an academy in 2011 to preserve the culture and literature of the Arebhahse Region which is named as Karnataka Arebhashe Samskruthi mathu Sahitya Academy supported by then Chief Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda.

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