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Pattapu is a described Dravidian language of Andhra Pradesh.

Pattapu was a coastal community in Southern Andhra Pradesh, India. They are listed as an Other Backward Class.

They mostly live in the coastal areas of Nellore, Prakasam and Bapatla districts. The people that speak the language belong to 146 different villages. The language is closely related to Tamil but also has influences of Telugu.

Most of their villages have a temple dedicated to Lord Sriram.

According to Ramayana: one person from this caste was helped by Lord Sri Ram to the cross the river in search of Ma Site Devi. Lord Sri Ram promised that person that he will worshipped by that person's caste (pattapu kapu).

They are mostly depends on hunting and catching of fish or aquatic life and otherwise doing agriculture e.t.c.

External links

• ISO request with word-list appended

References

1. Pattapu at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
2. Ruth Rebbavarapu (19 July 2013), Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code: Change Request Number: 2013-020 (PDF) (in English and Pattapu), ISO 639-3 Registration Authority, Wikidata Q130343748{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
3. "'పట్టపు' భాష మాది! | - | Sakshi" [The language of 'Pattapu' is ours]. Sakshi (in Telugu).
4. "అనగనగా ఒక ఊరు.. అందరిదీ ఒకేమాట | Pedda Pattapu Palem All Sarpanches Were Unanimously Elected | Sakshi". www.sakshi.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 25 December 2024.

• Dravidian languages
• Languages of Andhra Pradesh