Kadar language

Kadar
Native to	India
Region	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Native speakers	2,000 (2004 survey)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Malayalam Kadar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kej`
Glottolog	`kada1242`^[2]

Kadar is a Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu that is closely related to Malayalam.

References

↑ Kadar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kadar". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Southern

Kannada-Badaga	Badaga Holiya Kannada Urali

Kodagu	Kodava Kurumba

Malayalam languages	Aranadan Jeseri Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Malayalam Mullu Kurumba Paliyan Paniya Ravula

Tamil languages	Betta Kurumba Eravallan Irula Kaikadi Kanikkaran Muthuvan Tamil Yerukala

Toda-Kota	Kota Toda

Sholaga

Macro-Tulu

unclassified

South-Central

Central

North

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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