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Soliga
A Soliga girl
Total population
40,000
Regions with significant populations
Soliga people India
Karnataka33,819
Tamil Nadu5,965
Languages
Kannada, Tamil, Sholaga
Related ethnic groups
Irula, Tamil, Yerukala

Soliga, also spelled Solega, Sholaga and Shōlaga, is an ethnic group of India. Its members inhabit the mountain ranges mostly in the Chamarajanagar district of southern Karnataka and Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Many are concentrated in the Biligiriranga Hills and associated ranges, mainly in the talukas Yelandur, Kollegal and Chamarajanagar of Karnataka. The Soliga speak Sholaga, which belongs to the Dravidian family. Under Indian law, they are recognized as a scheduled tribe, they have a population of around 40,000.

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Soliga people

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Soliga, also spelled Solega, Sholaga and Shōlaga, is an ethnic group of India. Its members inhabit the mountain ranges mostly in the Chamarajanagar district...

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Soliga

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Soliga or Sholaga may refer to: The Soliga people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India Sholaga language, the Dravidian language spoken by them This disambiguation...

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Sholaga language

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The Sholaga (Soliga) language is a Dravidian language related to Kannada and Tamil, spoken by the Soliga people. Sholaga language, is also known as Kadu...

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Indian cuckoo

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Grandma, cut wheat, transplant rice" (阿公阿婆,割麦插禾).[citation needed] The Soliga people use the interpretation "ke:ta satto, makka ketto " which translate to...

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Black eagle

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minimal effort, the Lepcha people of India's Darjeeling district described it as a bird that never sat down, while the Soliga people's name (Kaana Kattale)...

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Black drongo

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Malayalam; Kari bhujanga in Kannada and Kalu Kawuda in Sinhalese. The soliga people do not differentiate this and the bronzed drongo, both being known as...

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Kannadigas

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found limited in the regions inhabited by Soligas, of which Pinasee is a traditional dance form. The people of Kodagu in the Western Ghats also have their...

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Irula people

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tribe, their population in this region is estimated at around 200,000 people. People of Irula ethnicity are called Irular, and speak Irula, which belongs...

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Yerukala people

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census) Regions with significant populations Andhra Pradesh (Majority), Tamil Nadu, Telangana Languages Yerukala Related ethnic groups Soliga, Tamil, Irula...

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Demographics of Karnataka

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religions. Karnataka is also the location of some tribes, such as the Nayaka, Soliga, and Yerava. The joint family system is prevalent in the rural areas of...

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Dravidian peoples

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The Dravidian peoples are an ethnolinguistic supraethnicity composed of many distinct ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia (predominantly India)...

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Paniya people

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they are considered sacred. Irulas Soliga tribe "Wild Food Report" (PDF). "Major Tribals in Kerala". FocusonPeople. Retrieved 6 November 2013. Keane,...

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Malayalis

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The Malayali people (Malayalam: [mɐlɐjaːɭi]; also spelt Malayalee and sometimes known by the demonym Keralite) are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group originating...

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Koraga people

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also complained of forced consumption of alcohol and smoking. Jenu Kuruba Soliga tribe Nanjunda, D. C. (2010). Contemporary Studies in Anthropology: a Reading...

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Lantana

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protection of cabbage against the aphid Lipaphis erysimi. The Soliga, Korava and Palliyar tribal people of the MM Hills in southern Karnataka, India use lantana...

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Dravida Nadu

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include a separatist movement, demanding a sovereign state for the Tamil people. The major political party backing this movement was the Justice Party,...

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Tamil language

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pronounced [t̪amiɻ] ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil...

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Mysore district

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ancient forest tribes are Jenu Kuruba, Betta Kuruba, Paniya, Yereva and Soliga. Hindus constitute 87.70% of the population with Muslims making up 9.68%...

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Dravidian languages

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(sometimes called Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, south-west Pakistan and...

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Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement

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forest-based tribes. These indigenous people, belonging to five clans – Jenukuruba, Kadukuruba, Yerava, Paniya and Bunde Soliga – had been displaced twice from...

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Sudarshan

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Right Livelihood and Padma Shri award winner, known for his work with the Soliga tribes of Karnataka, India George Sudarshan, a prominent Indian American...

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Malayali diaspora

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The Malayali Diaspora refers to the Malayali people who live outside their homeland of the Indian state of Kerala and the Union Territories of Mahé, India...

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Dravidian nationalism

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movements and organizations that contended that the South Indians (Dravidian people) formed a racial and a cultural entity that was different from the North...

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Tamilakam

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romanized: Tamiḻakam) was the geographical region inhabited by the ancient Tamil people, covering the southernmost region of the Indian subcontinent. Tamilakam...

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South Indian culture

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in the following centuries. The artistic expressions of the South Indian people show their admiration of the magnificence of nature and its rhythms. Some...

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Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

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forests are home to indigenous tribal people belonging largely to the Irula tribe (also known as the Urali) and Soliga communities. In 2011, the Tamil Nadu...

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Karnataka

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and Konkanis. Minor populations of Tibetan Buddhists and tribes like the Soligas, Yeravas, Todas and Siddhis also live in Karnataka. The traditional folk...

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