Tamil languages
The Tamil languages, also known as the Tamiloid languages, are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are Irula, Betta Kurumba, Yerukala, Eravallan, Kanikkaran, Muthuvan, Sholaga, Kaikadi, and Sankethi.
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Geographic distribution | South India |
Linguistic classification | Dravidian
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Glottolog | tami1299 |
Arwi is not a separate language but a register of Tamil used by Muslims. It is written in the Arabic alphabet and contains many loans from Arabic.
Kakkala may be either a Tamil language or one of the Malayalam languages.
Internal classification
Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows:[1]
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Tamiloid". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
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