Malankuravan language

Malankuravan
Native toIndia
RegionKerala, Tamil Nadu
Native speakers
(19,000 cited 2001 census)
Dravidian
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3mjo
Glottologmala1459

Malankuravan (Mala Koravan, Malakkuravan, IPA: [mɐlɐŋɡurɐʋɐn]) 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 or a language closely related to Malayalam.

References

  1. 1 2 Malankuravan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Malankuravan". Glottolog 4.3.