Malayalam languages
| Malayalam | |
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| Geographic distribution: | South India |
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| Glottolog: | mala1541[1] |
The Malayalam languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Malayalam. In addition to Malayalam itself, they are:
- Paniya, Ravula, Aranadan, Kadar, Malapandaram, Malaryan, Malavedan, Mannan, Paliyan, Jeseri, Mullu Kurumba, Judeo-Malayalam
Unclassified Malanmkuravan may be a dialect of Malayalam as well.
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Malayalam". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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