Allar language

{{Short description|Dravidian language of India}} {{Infobox language |name=Allar,Chatan |nativename={{lang|all|അള്ളാർ,ചാത്തൻ}} |states=India |region=Palakkad, Malappuram districts, Kerala State |speakers=350 |date=1994 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Dravidian | fam2 = Southern | fam3 = Southern I | fam4 = Tamil–Kannada | fam5 = Tamil–Kota | fam6 = Tamil–Toda | fam7 = Tamil–Irula | fam8 = Tamil–Kodava–Urali | fam9 = Tamil–Malayalam | fam10 = Malayalamoid | ancestor = Old Tamil | ancestor2 = Middle Tamil |iso3=all |glotto=alla1247 |glottorefname=Allar }}

'''Allar''' ({{ipa|all|ɐlːɐr|ipa}}, also known as '''Chatan''') is a Dravidian language<ref>V. Zvelebil (1997) "Language list for Dravidian," ''Archiv Orientální'' 65:175-190</ref> spoken in Kerala (Malappuram district-Perinthalmanna tahsil, Manjeri tahsil, Mannarmala, Aminikadu, and Tazhecode; Palakkad district-Mannarkkad and Ottappalam tahsils), India. Due to a lack of scholarly study, Allar cannot be classified within Dravidian at this time and may be a dialect of some other Dravidian language.

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Category:Dravidian languages Category:Languages of Kerala Category:Unclassified Dravidian languages