Malankuravan | |
States: | India |
Region: | Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
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 |
Iso3: | mjo |
Glotto: | mala1459 |
Glottorefname: | Malankuravan |
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 or a language closely related to Malayalam.[1]