Eranadan language | |
Nativename: | ഏറനാടൻ ഭാഷ ا٘يرَناڊَن |
States: | India |
Region: | Malappuram District |
Ethnicity: | Aranadan |
Speakers: | 200 in more accessible areas |
Date: | 2001 census |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Dravidian |
Fam2: | Southern |
Fam3: | Southern I |
Fam4: | Tamil–Kannada |
Fam5: | Tamil–Kota |
Fam6: | Tamil–Toda |
Fam7: | Tamil–Irula |
Fam8: | Tamil–Kodava–Urali |
Fam9: | Tamil–Malayalam |
Fam10: | Malayalamoid |
Ancestor: | Old Tamil |
Ancestor2: | Middle Tamil |
Script: | Ponnani script, Malayalam script |
Iso3: | aaf |
Glotto: | aran1261 |
Glottorefname: | Eranadan |
Eranadan [1] (ISO: ; Malayalam: ഏറനാടൻ; Arabic: ا٘يرَناڊَن) is a Dravidian language spoken by several hundred people, predominantly in the region of Eranad, Malappuram district, Kerala, India.[2] It is classified under the Malayalamoid languages.[3] It is also known as Malappuram Bhasha or Mapla Bhasha.