Arebhashe or Gowda Kannada is a dialect of the Kannada language, particularly, spoken by the people belonging to ‘Gowda ’ community (among Hindus) who are the natives of Sullia and Bhagamandala of Dakshina Kannada and Coorg districts, respectively and also eastern parts of Kasaragod district of Kerala state. In Sullia Taluk, as the majority of the population belongs to Gowda community, most of others also generally communicate in the same dialect. Around 3 lakhs of people in this region speak this dialect. Arebhashe has its own unique type of pronunciation with slight deviation from Kannada (Example: hege in Kannada; henge in Arebhashe for 'How' in English). It doesn’t have its own scripture but written using the regular Kannada script.