Malankuravan language

{{Short description|Dravidian language of southern India}} {{Infobox language |name=Malankuravan |altname= |states=India |region=Kerala, Tamil Nadu |speakers={{sigfig|18600|2}} |date=2001 census |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 = mjo |glotto=mala1459 |glottorefname=Malankuravan }}

'''Malankuravan''' (Mala Koravan, Malakkuravan, {{ipa|mjq|mɐlɐŋɡurɐʋɐn|ipa}}) 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<ref name=e18/> or a language closely related to Malayalam.<ref>{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = Malankuravan | work = Glottolog 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mala1459}}</ref>

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Category:Dravidian languages Category:Malayalam language