Malayalamoid languages

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Malayalamoid
Geographic
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South India
Linguistic classification Dravidian
  • South Dravidian
Glottolog mala1541

The Malayalamoid languages, also known as the Malayalam languages, are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Malayalam. In addition to Malayalam itself, they are:

Unclassified Malankuravan and Kakkala may be Malayalam languages as well.

Internal classification

Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows: [1]

Malayalamoid

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References

  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.