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Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Malavedan
മലവേടൻ
Native to	India
Region	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Ethnicity	Ethnic population: 33,000 (2011 census)
Native speakers	27,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Malavedan
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
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

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada
- Badaga

Kannadoid	Kannada Holiya Maundadan Chetti Sholaga Alu Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba

Toda-Kota

Kodagu

Irula

Tamil -
Malayalam

Tamiloid	Tamil Sankethi Eravallan Kaikadi Mala Malasar Malasar Malapandaram Mannan Muthuvan Paliyan Pattapu Yerukala
Malayalamoid	Malayalam Jeseri Arabi Malayalam (Mappila Malayalam) Byari Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Allar Eranadan Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kunduvadi Kurichiya Malamuthan Malankuravan Malaryan Malavedan Mullu Kurumba Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Ullatan Vishavan Wayanad Chetti

Tulu-Koraga

Others

South-Central

Gondi-Kui

Gondi	Gondi Khirwar Koya Madiya Muria Nagarchal Pardhan
Konda-Kui	Konda Kui Kuvi Manda Pengo

Central

Kolami-Naiki	Kolami Naiki
Parji–Gadaba	Duruwa Kondekor Ollari

Kurukh-Malto	Kurukh Malto Kumarbhag Paharia Sauria Paharia
Brahui

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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