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.
Muthuvan | |
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முதுவன் | |
Native to | India |
Region | Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh |
Native speakers | 17,000 (2006)[1] |
Language family | Dravidian
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Writing system | Malayalam script, Tamil script[2] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | muv |
Glottolog | muth1236 |
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant) |
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