Allar language explained

Allar
States:India
Region:Palakkad, Malappuram districts, Kerala State
Speakers:350
Date:1994
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Dravidian
Fam2:Southern
Fam3:Southern I
Fam4:Tamil–Kannada
Fam5:Tamil–Kota
Fam6:Tamil–Toda
Fam7:Tamil–Irula
Fam8:Tamil–KodavaUrali
Fam9:TamilMalayalam
Fam10:Malayalamoid
Ancestor:Old Tamil
Ancestor2:Middle Tamil
Iso3:all
Glotto:alla1247
Glottorefname:Allar

Allar (also known as Chatan) is a Dravidian language[1] spoken in Kerala (Malappuram district-Perinthalmanna tahsil, Manjeri tahsil, Mannarmala, Aminikadu, and Tazhecode; Palakkad district-Mannarkkad and Ottappalam tahsils), India. Due to a lack of scholarly study, Allar cannot be classified within Dravidian at this time and may be a dialect of some other Dravidian language.

Notes and References

  1. V. Zvelebil (1997) "Language list for Dravidian," Archiv Orientální 65:175-190