According to the authorities concerned, many people from Dungri Garasia, whose main occupation is ragpicking, have settled down in semi-urban areas, "because of which their language is on the verge of extinction". For this, it has joined hands with Central Institute for Indian Languages and roped in scholars and eminent personalities form different communities. The institute is also mulling over bringing out dictionaries on Harin Shikari, Eruliga, Hasalaru Marathi and Siddhi tribal languages. We want tribal languages to be protected, and these dictionaries help us in achieving the same," said KSTRI director T T Basavanagouda. These unique languages are endangered with many people migrating to urban areas. "Our intention is to protect, promote and educate the present youths on tribal languages. The institute aims at promoting unique languages, traditions and culture of tribals in Karnataka. They have collected words from tribal haadis in Shivamogga, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Ramanagar, Bengaluru, Hubballi, Belagavi and some districts in north Karnataka, where the tribals live. 1 Native Slang Dictionary Apple - Red on the outside, white on the inside Apruhan or Indian Devil - Person who uses bad thoughts or magic Big Warrior - Someone who takes his or her role as a warrior too seriously Blood Aimster - Member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) Brah - Brother Chebon - Man. Language experts in KSTRI, along with graduates and experts from the communities have worked to bring out the dictionaries. The works, which contain meanings of tribal words in Kannada and English, will be published by this year-end. Language experts have collected 3,500 words from each of those languages. As part of the work in the first phase, KSTRI is working on languages of Hakki Pikki and Dungri Garasia communities. Noun edit lingonberry ( plural lingonberries ) A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. KSTRI is gearing to launch dictionaries of tribal languages. From Swedish lingon (cowberry, lingonberry) + berry. MYSURU: For the first time, Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute (KSTRI) has come up with a novel initiative to preserve languages of tribals in the state.
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