Malayalam languages
The Malayalam languages, also known as the Malayalamoid languages, are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Malayalam. In addition to Malayalam itself, they are:
- Paniya, Ravula, Beary, Aranadan, Judeo-Malayalam, Arabi Malayalam, Suriyani Malayalam, Kadar, Malapandaram, Malaryan, Malavedan, Mannan, Paliyan, Jeseri, Mullu Kurumba.
| Malayalam | |
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| Geographic distribution | South India |
| Linguistic classification | Dravidian
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| Glottolog | mala1541 |
Unclassified Malankuravan and Kakkala may be Malayalam languages as well.
Internal classification
Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows:[1]
| Malayalamoid |
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References
- 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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