Mala Malasar language

{{Short description|Language}} {{distinguish|Malasar language}} {{Infobox language |name=Mala Malasar |nativename= |states=India |ethnicity= |speakers=1,000 |date=2004 |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 = Tamiloid | ancestor = Old Tamil | ancestor2 = Middle Tamil |iso3=ima |glotto=mala1457 |glottorefname=Mala Malasar }} '''Mala Malasar''' ({{ipa|ima|mɐlɐ mɐlɐsɐr|ipa}}) is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by a scheduled tribe of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala: A Sociolinguistic Profile (SIL) |author=Bijumon Varghese |date=2015 |orig-year=2004 |page=10 |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/12/30/35/123035517420667367799205409945550701297/silesr2015_028.pdf}} </ref> It is close to Irula and classified as a Tamiloid language, sometimes as a dialect of Tamil.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala: A Sociolinguistic Profile (SIL) |author=Bijumon Varghese |date=2015 |orig-year=2004 |pages=2, 10 |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/12/30/35/123035517420667367799205409945550701297/silesr2015_028.pdf}} </ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

* {{Cite web |title=The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala: A Sociolinguistic Profile (SIL) |author=Bijumon Varghese |date=2015 |orig-year=2004 |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/12/30/35/123035517420667367799205409945550701297/silesr2015_028.pdf}}

Category:Dravidian languages