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Irula - a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India

South Dravidian - a Dravidian language spoken primarily in southern India

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Before the entry of the British, Ooty was a land of indigenous tribes, such as the Todas, Irulas, Kurumbas and Badagas, who had formed a unique social system based on symbiotic relationships.

Offbeat in Ooty

Typical examples of the particularly vulnerable tribal groups are the Greater Andamanese, Onge, and Sentinelese living in Andaman and Nicobar islands, Irulas and Todas of Tamil Nadu, the Kadar and Kurumbas of Kerala, and the Chenchus, Kolam, and Thoti of Andhra Pradesh.

Joint forest management in India--an assessment

Stem and stembark used medicinally by the Tribals Irulas and Paniyas of Nilgiri District, Tamilnadu.

Effect of Leaf Extracts of some Indigenous Plants on Settling and Oviposition Responses of Peach Fruit Fly, Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

(19.) Subhashini AB, Distribution of ABO and rhesus--D blood groups among Irulas, a tribal population of Pondicherry, India, Anthropologist, 2007: 9 (2): 163-164.

Frequency of ABO and Rhesus (D) blood groups in tribal population of Madhya Pradesh: a study from tertiary care teaching hospital in Madhya Pradesh

Ethnobotany of the Todas, the Kotas, the Irulas of the Nilgiris.

In vivo anti-diabetic, antioxidant and molecular docking studies of 1, 2, 8-trihydroxy-6-methoxy xanthone and 1, 2-dihydroxy-6-methoxyxanthone-8-O-[beta]-D-xylopyranosyl isolated from Swertia corymbosa

They are tribals, known as Irulas, and their people are mostly illiterate.

"We eat rats": education is a big step in a small village

The social profile of Kaverirajapuram consists mostly of landless Dalits and Irulas, a tribal community.

TROUBLED JUSTICE

There are approximately 3 million Irulas within southeast India.

The role of human capital in technological entrepreneurship

"The Irulas have a steady source of income and the snakes aren't killed.

Wildlife conservation: a never-ending challenge

This section on Indian studies also includes articles, with photos, on the two groups of the Nilgiri tribes of South India: (1) the Todas, Kotas, and Badagas; and (2) the Kurumbas, Irulas, and Paniyans.