Malayalamoid languages

Malayalamoid
Malayalamoid
Geographic; distribution	South India
Linguistic classification	Dravidian South Dravidian South Dravidian I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid; ; ; ; ; ;
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, Beary, Aranadan, Judeo-Malayalam, Arabi Malayalam, Suriyani Malayalam, Kadar, Malaryan, Malavedan, Mannan, Paliyan, Jeseri, Mullu Kurumba.

Unclassified Malankuravan and Kakkala may be Malayalam languages as well.

Internal classification

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

Malayalamoid

Allar

Aranadan

Kadar

Kalanadic

	Kalanadi

	Kunduvadi

	Pathiya

Ravulic

	Paniya

	Ravula

References

1 2 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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[Glottolog-1] 1 2 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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