Malayalam languages
The Malayalam languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Malayalam. In addition to Malayalam itself, they are:
- Paniya, Ravula, Beary, Aranadan, Kadar, Malapandaram, Malaryan, Malavedan, Mannan, Paliyan, Jeseri, Mullu Kurumba.
| Malayalam | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | South India |
| Linguistic classification | Dravidian
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| Glottolog | mala1541[1] |
Unclassified Malanmkuravan and Kakkala may be Malayalam languages as well.
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Malayalamoid". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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