9. Bellari Language
1, 000 speakers
Being also the part of the Dravidian family, this language, the number nine on our list of critically endangered languages in India is predominantly spoken by the Bellara tribe, located in Kundapura Taluk in coastal Karnataka. It is not very much known whether the language has any dialects, but it is supposed that Tulu and Koraga belong to it. Though the members of the Bellara tribe are believed to be Christians, there is a very little written data about them, and it is not confirmed whether they have anything written in their language, such as Bible, or even parts of it.
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