Malayalamoid languages explained

Malayalamoid
Region:	South India
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
Ancestor:	Old Tamil
Ancestor2:	Middle Tamil
Glotto:	mala1541
Glottorefname:	Malayalamoid

The Malayalamoid languages, also known as the Malayalam languages, are thegroup of Dravidian languages most closely related to Malayalam. In addition to Malayalam itself, they are:

• Paniya, Ravula, Aranadan, Judeo-Malayalam, Arabi Malayalam, Suriyani Malayalam, Kadar, Malaryan, Malavedan, Mannan, Jeseri, Mullu Kurumba.

Unclassified Kumbaran and Kakkala may be Malayalam languages as well.

Internal classification

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malayalamoid . 2022-05-24 . 2022-11-11 . . Hammarström . Harald . https://web.archive.org/web/20221112050906/https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mala1541 . 2022-11-12 . live . . Forkel . Robert . Haspelmath . Martin . Bank . Sebastian.