Malayalamoid languages

Malayalamoid
Malayalamoid
Geographic; distribution	South India
Linguistic classification	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
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,Byari dialect.

Unclassified Kumbaran and Kakkala may be Malayalam languages as well.

Internal classification

Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows:^[1]

Malayalamoid

Allar

Eranadan

Kadar

Kalanadic

	Kalanadi

	Kunduvadi

	Pathiya

Malaryan †

Ravulic

	Paniya

	Ravula

Ullatan †

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.

[Glottolog-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.

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