{{Short description|Dravidian language of India}} {{Infobox language |name=Muthuvan |nativename=முதுவன் |states=India |region=Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh |ethnicity=Muthuvan |speakers=17,000 |date=2006 |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 = Tamiloid | fam11 = Muthuvan–Mannan | ancestor = Old Tamil | ancestor2 = Middle Tamil |script= Malayalam script, Tamil script<ref name=e25/> |iso3=muv |glotto=muth1236 |glottorefname=Muthuvan }}
'''Muthuvan''' ({{ipa|muv|mud̪uʋaːn|ipa}}) is a tribal Dravidian language related to Tamil, mainly spoken in the Pooyamkutty-Idamalayar Dam region in Ernakulam district of Kerala by the Muthuvan people.
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==Further reading== * {{cite book |title=Muduva Dialect |first=S. |last=Sakthivel |location=Annamalainagar |publisher=Annamalai University |date=1978}}
{{Dravidian languages}}
Category:Tamil languages
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