Arebhashe or Gowda Kannada is a dialect

Dialect

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 of the Kannada language

Kannada language

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, particularly, spoken by the people belonging to ‘Gowda’ community (among Hindus

Hinduism

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) who are the natives of Madikeri, Somwarpet

Somwarpet

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, Bhagamandala

Bhagamandala

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 and Kushalanagara of Kodagu district and Sullia

Sullia

Sullia is a taluk in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is a small town, surrounded with evergreen wooded mountains in the Western Ghats range in South India. Sullia has plantations of rubber, areca nut, coconut, cashew nut, black pepper and banana...

 of Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada

- Geography :The district geography consists of sea shore in the west and Western Ghats in the east. The major rivers are Netravathi, Kumaradhara, Phalguni, Shambhavi, Nandini or Pavanje and Payaswini which all join Arabian sea. Vast areas of evergreen forests which once covered this district, have...

. It is also spoken by eastern parts of Kasaragod district

Kasaragod district

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 of Kerala

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 state. In Sullia

Sullia

Sullia is a taluk in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is a small town, surrounded with evergreen wooded mountains in the Western Ghats range in South India. Sullia has plantations of rubber, areca nut, coconut, cashew nut, black pepper and banana...

 Taluk, as the majority of the population belongs to Gowda community, most of others also generally communicate in the same dialect. More than half of the total population in Madikeri taluk consist of Are Bhashe Gowdas. Around 300,000 people in this region speak this dialect . It is a 'half-tongue',(Are= half,Bhashe= speech)which is actually an admixture of Tulu, Kodava takk and Kannada. Hence Arebhashe pronunciation is somewhat distinct from Kannada

Kannada language

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(Example: hege in Kannada; henge in Arebhashe for 'How' in English. "aayithu" in kannada is "aath" in are_bashe for 'ok' in English.). It is written in the Kannada script.

loans of AreBhashe Words

Are Bhashe	Kannada	English
Goode	Hudugi	Girl
Haida	Huduga	Boy
Gada	Anthe	ItSeems
Bath-le	Baralilla	Didn't come
Hoth-le	Hogalilla	Didn't go
Poyi	Hoguwa	Lets Move
Laika	Chennagi	Nice
Gaipu	Saaru	Curry
MadgH	Hodi	Pummel
Hakama	Hakuwa	Lets Put
Thimbake	Thinnalu	To Eat
Miyee	Snaana	To Bathe

Family Terms Of Address

Mother	Amma, Ayye
Father	Poppa, Appa
Grandpa	Thatha / Chamiappa / Champa
Grandma	Avva / Chamiavva / chameva
Uncle	Bojappa
Aunt	Bojavva