Muthuvan language

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Muthuvan
முதுவன்
Native to India
Region Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Native speakers
17,000 (2006) [1]
Dravidian
Malayalam script, Tamil script [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 muv
Glottolog muth1236

Muthuvan is a tribal Dravidian language related to Tamil, mainly spoken in the Pooyamkutty-Idamalayar Dam region in Ernakulam district of Kerala by the Muthuvan people.

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References

  1. 1 2 Muthuvan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg