# Vishavan language

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{{Short description|Malayalamoid language of India}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Vishavan
| nativename       = {{lang|bfq-Mlym|വിശ്വാസൻ}}
|region=[Kerala](/source/Kerala)
|states=[India](/source/India)
|ethnicity=
|speakers=150
|date=1994
|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             = Tamil–[Kodava](/source/Kodava_language)–[Urali](/source/Urali_language)
| fam9             = [Tamil](/source/Tamiloid_languages)–[Malayalam](/source/Malayalamoid_languages)
| fam10            = [Malayalamoid](/source/Malayalamoid_languages)
| ancestor         = [Old Tamil](/source/Old_Tamil_language)
| ancestor2        = [Middle Tamil](/source/Middle_Tamil_language)
|iso3=vis
|glotto=vish1243
|glottorefname=Vishavan
}}

'''Vishavan''' ({{ipa|vis|ʋiʃaːʋɐn|ipa}}) is a [Dravidian language](/source/Dravidian_languages) spoken by a tribal people of central [Kerala](/source/Kerala) in India.

VIshavan is a tribal community of Kerala, they are settled in Idamalyar region of Ernakulam District and Vazhachal region of Thrissur District. As per the government records they are endangered but they are still living this area.

==References==
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{{Dravidian languages}}

Tribes of Idamalyar, Dr.Midhun K S{{Authority control}}

Category:Dravidian languages
Category:Languages of Kerala
Category:Unclassified Dravidian languages

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