Mannan
A language of India
| Population | 7,850 (2001 census). |
| Region | Kerala, Idukki District, Udumpanchola, Devikulam, Pirmed tahsils; Tamil Nadu, Madurai District. |
| Alternate names | Manne, Mannyod, Mannan Pasha |
| Dialects | Little variation between varieties with 92% intelligibility, 70% intelligibility with Malayalam [mal]. Lexical similarity: 86%–96% between varieties, 57%–61% with Tamil [tam], 56%–64% with Malayalam. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam |
| Language use | Shifting slowly to Malayalam; still used by some children. Home, village, religion. All ages. Positive attitude. Interest in language development. Also use Malayalam. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 50% for Kerala, 84% for Tamil Nadu. Grammar. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Not the same as the Scheduled Caste Mannan in Trivandrum and other adjoining districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu who speak Malayalam. Romanized spelling is the same but the Scheduled Caste name is pronounced with retroflex double ‘n’. Agricultural laborers; settled cultivation; animal husbandry; mat weavers. Hindu syncretism with traditional religion. |
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