Tamiloid
Geographic
distribution		South India
Linguistic classificationDravidian
  • South Dravidian
    • Tamil–Kannada
      • Tamil–Kota
        • Tamil–Toda
          • Tamil–Irula
            • Tamil–Kodagu
              • Tamil–Malayalam[1]
                • Tamiloid
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The Tamiloid languages, also known as the Tamil languages, are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are Eravallan, Kaikadi, Mala Malasar, Malasar, Malapandaram, Mannan, Muthuvan, Paliyan, Pattapu and Yerukala.

Arwi is not a separate language but a register of Tamil used by Muslims. It is written in the Arabic alphabet and contains many loans from Arabic.

Kakkala may be either a Tamil language or one of the Malayalam languages.

Internal classification

Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows:[1]

Tamiloid

Mala Malasar

Malapandaram

Malasa–Eravallan

Eravallan

Malasar

Muthuvan–Mannan

Mannan

Muthuvan

Old Tamil

Tamil–Paliyan

Paliyan

Tamil

Yerukula–Korava–Kaikadi

Kaikadi

Pattapu

Yerukula

References

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