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Malayalamoid languages

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Malayalam language group
Malayalamoid
Geographic
distribution
South India
Linguistic classificationDravidian
Early formsOld Tamil
Language codes
Glottologmala1541

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:

Unclassified Kumbaran and Kakkala may be Malayalam languages as well.

Internal classification

Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows:

Malayalamoid

Allar

Aranadan

Kadar

Kalanadic

Kalanadi

Kunduvadi

Pathiya

Kanikkaran

Kurichiya

Malankuravan

Malaryan

Malavedan

Malayalam

Mullu Kurumba

Ravulic

Paniya

Ravula

Thachanadan

Ullatan

Vishavan

Wayanad Chetti

References

  1. ^ 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.
Dravidian languages
South
Tamil–Kannada
Kannada
- Badaga
Kannadoid
Toda-Kota
  • Toda
  • Kota
  • Kodagu
    Irula
    Tamil -
    Malayalam
    Tamiloid
    Malayalamoid
    Tulu-Koraga
    Others
    South-Central
    Teluguic
    Gondi-Kui
    Gondi
    Konda-Kui
    Central
    Kolami-Naiki
    Parji–Gadaba
    North
    Kurukh-Malto
    Proto-languages
    Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)


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