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Muduga language

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Southern Dravidian language of India
Muduga
Native toIndia
Native speakers(3,400 cited 1991 census)
Language familyDravidian
Language codes
ISO 639-3udg
Glottologmudu1239

Muduga, also called Mudugar, is a Southern Dravidian language of India influenced by Kannada and Tulu. It is mainly spoken by Muduga tribes in the Attappady valley south of the Nilgiris in Palakkad district, Kerala. It is mutually intelligible with Attapady Kurumba.

References

  1. Muduga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Rajendran, Nanu (1986). Muduga Language. Ennes Publications.

Relevant literature

Dravidian languages
South
Tamil–Kannada
Kannada
- Badaga
Kannadoid
Toda-Kota
  • Toda
  • Kota
    • Kodagu
    Irula
    Tamil -
    Malayalam
    Tamiloid
    Malayalamoid
    Tulu-Koraga
    Others
    South-Central
    Teluguic
    Gondi-Kui
    Gondi
    Konda-Kui
    Central
    Kolami-Naiki
    Parji–Gadaba
    North
    Kurukh-Malto
    Proto-languages
    Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)


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