Malavedan language
Malavedan | |
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മലവേടൻ | |
Native to | India |
Region | Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
Ethnicity | Ethnic population: 33,000 (2011 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 27,000 (2011 census)[1] |
Dravidian
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Early forms | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mjr |
Glottolog | mala1463 |
Malavedan (Malai Vedan) is a Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu that is closely related to Malayalam. Malavedan speakers are one of the tribal groups in Kerala. Many of them live in the Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, and Thiruvananthapuram districts.
References
- ^ a b Malavedan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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