Arebhashe dialect
| Arebhashe | |
|---|---|
| ಅರೆಭಾಷೆ | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Sullia, Kodagu, Kasaragod |
| Ethnicity | Arebhashe Gowda |
Dravidian
| |
| 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 regions of Madikeri, Somwarpet, and Kushalnagar taluks of Kodagu district, Coorg, Sullia and Puttur taluks of Dakshina Kannada district, as well as Bandadka, Kasaragod District in the Indian state of Kerala. 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.