Malankuravan (Mala Koravan, Malakkuravan) is an unclassified
Dravidian language
The Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Since the colonial era, there have been small but significant i ...
of southern India, on the southern border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It may be a dialect of
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
with Tamil influence
[ or a language closely related to Malayalam.]
References
Dravidian languages
Malayalam language
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