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Eranadan language
ഏറനാടൻ ഭാഷ ا٘يرَناڊَن
Native to	India
Region	Malappuram District
Ethnicity	Aranadan
Native speakers	200 in more accessible areas (2001 census)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Eranadan language
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
Writing system	Ponnani script, Malayalam script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`aaf`
Glottolog	`aran1261`
ELP	Aranadan

Eranadan (ISO: ēṟanāṭan; Malayalam: ഏറനാടൻ; Arabic: ا٘يرَناڊَن) is a Dravidian language spoken by several hundred people, predominantly in the region of Eranad, Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It is classified under the Malayalamoid languages. It is also known as Malappuram Bhasha or Mapla Bhasha.

References

Eranadan language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kumar Suresh Singh; Anthropological Survey of India (2002). People of India. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 195. ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8.
Ethnologue report for language code: aaf
Kakkoth, Seetha (2004). "Demographic profile of an autochthonous tribe: the Aranadan of Kerala" (PDF). Anthropologist. 6 (3): 163–167. doi:10.1080/09720073.2004.11890848. S2CID 76518009. Retrieved 5 April 2011.

v t e Languages of Kerala
Non-tribal languages	Arabi Malayalam Kannada Konkani Malayalam Tamil Telugu Tulu
Tribal languages	Allar Bellari Eravallan Irula Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kodava Koraga Kota Kudiya Kumbaran Kunduvadi Kurumba Attapady Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Malapandaram Malaryan Malasar Mala Malasar Malavedan Mannan Muduga Muthuvan Paliyan Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Toda Ullatan Urali Wayanad Chetti Yerukala
Other languages and creoles	Aranadan Beary Cannanore Portuguese creole Cochin Portuguese creole English Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam
Related topics	Dravidian languages Languages of India Languages of South Asia
Category

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada
- Badaga

Kannadoid	Kannada Holiya Maundadan Chetti Sholaga Alu Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba

Toda-Kota

Kodagu

Irula

Tamil -
Malayalam

Tamiloid	Tamil Sankethi Eravallan Kaikadi Mala Malasar Malasar Malapandaram Mannan Muthuvan Paliyan Pattapu Yerukala
Malayalamoid	Malayalam Jeseri Arabi Malayalam (Mappila Malayalam) Byari Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Allar Eranadan Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kunduvadi Kurichiya Malamuthan Malankuravan Malaryan Malavedan Mullu Kurumba Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Ullatan Vishavan Wayanad Chetti

Tulu-Koraga

Others

South-Central

Gondi-Kui

Gondi	Gondi Khirwar Koya Madiya Muria Nagarchal Pardhan
Konda-Kui	Konda Kui Kuvi Manda Pengo

Central

Kolami-Naiki	Kolami Naiki
Parji–Gadaba	Duruwa Kondekor Ollari

Kurukh-Malto	Kurukh Malto Kumarbhag Paharia Sauria Paharia
Brahui

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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