Malayalamoid languages

Malayalamoid
Malayalamoid
Geographic; distribution	South India
Linguistic classification	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
Glottolog	mala1541

Last updated January 05, 2026

The Malayalamoid languages, also known as the Malayalam languages, are the group of Dravidian languages and dialects most closely related to Malayalam.

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Internal classification

Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows:^[1]

References

1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Malayalamoid". Glottolog . Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

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[Glottolog-1] 1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Malayalamoid". Glottolog . Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

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Malayalamoid
Geographic distribution	South India
Linguistic classification	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam^[1] Malayalamoid
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
Language codes
Glottolog	`mala1541`