Malankuravan
A language of India
| Population | 18,600 (2001 census). |
| Region | Tamil Nadu, Kanniyakumari District; Kerala, Trivandrum, Kollam, Kottayam districts, Chittar, Kattachira, Rajanpara in Ranni Range, Pathanamthitta Taluk, Nottakal in Pathanapuram Taluk, Pampa River banks, Neduvanged Taluk forest tracks. |
| Alternate names | Mala Koravan, Malaikuravan, Malakkuravan, Male Kuravan |
| Dialects | Malayadiars. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Unclassified |
| Language use | Also use Tamil [tam]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 53% for Kerala, 41% for Tamil Nadu. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Reported to speak a dialect of Malayalam [mal] with many borrowed words and phrases from Tamil. Agriculturalists; hunters and gatherers. Traditional religion, Hindu. |
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