Demographics of Kerala

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Produktbeschreibung

Kerala is a state in south-western India. Most of Kerala's 3.18 crore (31.8 million) people are of Malayali ethnicity. Malayalis in turn number among southern India's Dravidian community. Additional ancestries derive from several centuries of contact with non-Indian lands, whereby thousands of people of Arab, Jewish, Portuguese, Dutch, British, and other non-Dravidian ethnicities settled in Kerala. Many of these immigrants intermarried with native Malayalees. Nevertheless, Malayalam is Kerala's official language and is spoken by at least 96% of Keralites; the next most common language is Tamil, spoken mainly by Tamil workers from Tamil Nadu. Tulu and Kannada is spoken in some parts of the northern districts of Kasaragod, adjoining Karnataka. In addition, Kerala is home to 321,000 indigenous tribal Adivasis (1.10% of the populace). Some 63% of Adivasis reside in the eastern districts of Wayanad (where 35.82% are Adivasi), Palakkad (11.05%), and Idukki (15.66%). These groups, including the Irulars, Kurumbars, and Mudugars, speak their own native languages and experience hardships such as racial discrimination, economic exploitation, and poverty.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130752064
• ISBN-10: 6130752067
• Artikelnr.: 29005510