Tamil languages

The Tamil languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are:

Tamil
Geographic
distribution		South India
Linguistic classificationDravidian
  • South Dravidian
    • South Dravidian I
      • Tamil–Kannada
        • Tamil–Kota
          • Tamil–Toda
            • Tamil–Irula
              • Tamil–Kodagu
                • Tamil–Malayalam[1]
                  • Tamil
Glottologtami1299

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]

Tamiloid

Mala Malasar

Malapandaram

Malasa–Eravallan

Eravallan

Malasar

Muthuvan–Mannan

Mannan

Muthuvan

Old Tamil

Tamil–Paliyan

Paliyan

Tamil

Yerukula–Korava–Kaikadi

Kaikadi

Pattapu

Yerukula

References
  1. 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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