Malayalamoid languages
Malayalam language group
| Malayalamoid | |
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| Geographic distribution | South India |
| Linguistic classification | Dravidian
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Early forms | Old Tamil
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| Glottolog | mala1541 |
The Malayalamoid languages, also known as the Malayalam languages, are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Malayalam. In addition to Malayalam itself, they are:
- Paniya, Ravula, Aranadan, Judeo-Malayalam, Arabi Malayalam, Suriyani Malayalam, Kadar, Malaryan, Malavedan, Mannan, Jeseri, Mullu Kurumba.
Unclassified Malankuravan and Kakkala may be Malayalam languages as well.
Internal classification
Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows:[1]
| Malayalamoid | |
References
- ^ a b Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Malayalamoid". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)
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