Malaryan language

Malaryan
Malaryan
മലർയൻ
Native to	India
Region	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Ethnicity	35,000 (2001 census)
Extinct	2000s
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Malaryan; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mjq
Glottolog	mala1466

Last updated June 29, 2025

Malaryan (Mala Arayan, Malayarayar) is an extinct Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu that was closely related to Malayalam.

References

1 2 Malaryan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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[e25-1] 1 2 Malaryan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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