# Muduga language

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{{Short description|Southern Dravidian language of India}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Muduga
|nativename=
|states=[India](/source/India)
|ethnicity=
|speakers={{sigfig|3370|2}}
|date=1991 census
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Dravidian
| fam2             = Southern
| fam3             = [Southern I](/source/South_Dravidian_languages)
| fam4             = Tamil–[Kannada](/source/Kannada_dialects)
| fam5             = Tamil–[Kota](/source/Kota_language_(India))
| fam6             = Tamil–[Toda](/source/Toda_language)
| fam7             = Tamil–Irula
| fam8             = Irula–Muduga
| fam9             = Muduga–[Palu](/source/Attapady_Kurumba_language)
|iso3=udg
|glotto=mudu1239
|glottorefname=Muduga
}}
'''Muduga''' ({{ipa|udg|muɖuɡɐ|ipa}}), also called '''Mudugar''', is a [Southern Dravidian language](/source/Southern_Dravidian_languages) of [India](/source/India) influenced by [Kannada](/source/Kannada) and [Tulu](/source/Tulu_language). It is mainly spoken by Muduga tribes in the [Attappady valley](/source/Attappadi) south of the Nilgiris in [Palakkad district](/source/Palakkad_district), [Kerala](/source/Kerala).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4AOAAAAYAAJ|title=Muduga Language|last=Rajendran|first=Nanu|publisher=Ennes Publications|year=1986}}</ref> It is [mutually intelligible](/source/Mutual_intelligibility) with [Attapady Kurumba](/source/Attapady_Kurumba_language).

==References==
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==Relevant literature==
* {{Cite thesis |title=	Description of the language of mudugas |last=Rajendran |first=N. |publisher=[University of Kerala](/source/University_of_Kerala) |date=1978 |type=PhD |hdl=10603/101622 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/101622}}
* {{cite book |title=Descriptive Grammar of Muduga and Kurumba |first1=S. K. |last1=Shyam |first2=P.N. |last2=Ravindran |first3=C.G. |last3=Syama |location=Calicut |publisher=KIRTADS (Kerala Institute for Research Training & Development studies) |date=2017 |pages=25–106 (Muduga language) |url=https://repository.tribal.gov.in/handle/123456789/74679?viewItem=search&cat_handle=123456789/73706}}
* {{cite book |title=Muḍuga: Grammatik, Textproben und Wörterbuch |last=Kapp |first=Dieter B. |location=Wiesbaden |publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag |date=2019 |volume=32 |series=Beiträge zur Kenntnis südasiatischer Sprachen und Literaturen |issn=0948-2806 |isbn=9783447113182}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Arsenault |first1=Paul |first2=Binny |last2=Abraham |date=2022 |title=Centralized vowels in Muduga |journal=Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics |volume=9 |issue=1–2 |pages=97–129 |doi=10.1515/jsall-2022-2045|s2cid=257233842 }}

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