{{Short description|Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu}} {{Infobox language |name=Malavedan |altname=മലവേടൻ |states=India |region=Kerala, Tamil Nadu |ethnicity=Ethnic population: {{sigfig|33,000|2}} (2011 census)<ref name=e25/> |speakers={{sigfig|27,000|2}} |date=2011 census |ref=e25 |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 = mjr |glotto=mala1463 |glottorefname=Malavedan }}
'''Malavedan''' (Malai Vedan, {{ipa|mjr|mɐlɐʋeːɖɐn|ipa}}) is a Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu that is closely related to Malayalam. Malavedan speakers are one of the tribal groups in Kerala. Many of them live in the Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, and Thiruvananthapuram districts.
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==Further reading== * Mallassery, S. Radhakrishnan. 1984. Language of Malavedas. Journal of Tamil studies 25. 40-49. * {{cite thesis |title= Language of Malavedas |author=Hyrunnisa Beegum A |publisher=University of Kerala |date=10 December 1991 |hdl=10603/98280 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/98280 |type=PhD}}
{{Dravidian languages}} Category:Malayalam language
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