Malankuravan (Mala Koravan, Malakkuravan) is an unclassified Dravidian language of southern India, on the southern border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It may be a dialect of Malayalam with Tamil influence[1] or a language closely related to Malayalam.[2]
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Native to | India |
Region | Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
Native speakers | 19,000 (2001 census)[1] |
Language family | Dravidian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mjo |
Glottolog | mala1459 |
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Unclassified |
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant) |
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