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 ...
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 wa ...
with Tamil influence
[ or a language closely related to Malayalam.]
References
Dravidian languages
Malayalam language
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