Mala Malasar language

Not to be confused with Malasar language.

Mala Malasar
Native to	India
Native speakers	1,000 (2004)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern (?) Mala Malasar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ima`
Glottolog	`mala1457`^[2]

Mala Malasar is an unclassified Southern Dravidian language spoken by a Scheduled tribe of India. It is close to Irula.

References

↑ Mala Malasar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mala Malasar". 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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