Malankuravan language

Malankuravan
Malankuravan
Native to	India
Region	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Native speakers	19,000 (2001 census)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Malankuravan; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mjo
Glottolog	mala1459

Malankuravan (Mala Koravan, Malakkuravan) is an unclassified Dravidian language of southern India, on the southern border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It may be a dialect of Malayalam with Tamil influence^[1] or a language closely related to Malayalam.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Malankuravan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Malankuravan". Glottolog 4.3.

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[e18-1] Malankuravan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Malankuravan". Glottolog 4.3.

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