Malaryan
An extinct language of India
| Population | Extinct. |
| Region | Kerala, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, and Trichur districts; Tamil Nadu. |
| Alternate names | Arayans, Karingal, Malai Arayan, Malayarayan, Malayarayar, Male Arayans, Maley Arayan, Vazhiyammar |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam |
| Language use | May be shifting to Malayalam [mal]. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Reportedly speak a variety of Malayalam as L1. Malayarayar and Mala Arayan are listed as 2 different communities in the census but they are the same group. Though the Kanikkar of Trivandrum District also sometimes call themselves Malayarayar, they are entirely different (Menon 1996:198). |
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