Editing Arebhashe dialect (section)

== History ==
Arebhashe has a history of approximately 500 years.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed|date=January 2025}} According to linguistic scientists, it is very close to the [[Badaga language]] in the Dravidian language.<ref name="auto"/> There was a time when<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gowda|first1=Puttur Anantharaja|title=In Pursuit of Our Roots|publisher=Tenkila Publications|year=2015|location=Bengaluru}}</ref> [[Vokkaliga]] Gowda came from Iguru and started living in [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Kodagu district]], also [[Kasaragod District]] of [[Kerala State]].{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed|date=January 2025}} They migrated to [[Coorg]] (Kodagu) from [[Mangalore]]-[[Udupi]] (Dakshina Kannada-Udupi) region, to settle among the Canarese [[Tulu language|Tulu]] speaking people.<ref>Valase, Sangarsha, Samanvaya By Purushothama Bilimale, ''Akruthi Publication Mangaluru, 2019 Pg: 216''</ref> And different communities in this region speak Arebhashe as a communication language.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Girish |first=Kolyada |title=Hingara, Samputa 1,‌Sanchike 1 |publisher=Karnataka Arebhase Samskrithi Mathu Sahitya Academy |year=2015 |location=MADIKERI}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shailaja |first1=A. C. |title=Kodavaru mattu Kodagina arebhashe gowdara samskruti toulanika adhyayana |journal=University |year=2014 |publisher=Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore |location=Mysore |hdl=10603/110479 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/110479 |language=Kannada}}</ref> 

Arebhashe-speaking people in Sulya Taluk are bilingual with [[Tulu language|Tulu]].{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed|date=January 2025}}