Thachanadan language explained

Thachanadan
States:India
Speakers:3,000
Date:2004 survey
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:thn
Glotto:thac1235
Glottorefname:Thachanadan

Thachanadan is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by a Scheduled tribe of India. Dissimilar to other Dravidian languages, its most likely affinities are to Mullu Kurumba, with which it has 66-72% lexical similarity.