Mala Malasar language
| Mala Malasar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2004)[1] |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ima |
| Glottolog | mala1457 |
Mala Malasar (IPA: [mɐlɐ mɐlɐsɐr]) is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by a scheduled tribe of India.[2] It is close to Irula and classified as a Tamiloid language, sometimes as a dialect of Tamil.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mala Malasar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Bijumon Varghese (2015) [2004]. "The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala: A Sociolinguistic Profile (SIL)" (PDF). p. 10.
- ^ Bijumon Varghese (2015) [2004]. "The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala: A Sociolinguistic Profile (SIL)" (PDF). pp. 2, 10.
- Bijumon Varghese (2015) [2004]. "The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala: A Sociolinguistic Profile (SIL)" (PDF).
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