Muthuvan
A language of India
| Population | 16,800 (2006). |
| Region | Kerala, Idukki District, Devikulam tahsil, Devikulam and Adimali blocks; Kozhikode, Kannur, Ernakulam, Kottayam, and Thrissur districts; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore District, Udumalpet and Valparai tahsils, Anaimalai Hills; Madurai District, Cardamom hills; Andhra Pradesh. |
| Alternate names | Muduva, Mudavan, Muduvan, Muduvar, Mutuvar |
| Dialects | Western (Malayalam Muthuvan, Nattu Muthuvan), Eastern (Tamil Muthuvan, Pandi Muthuvan). 82%–87% between dialects, eastern dialect more intelligible to western than vice versa, 80% intelligibility with Malayalam [mal]. Lexical similarity: 77%–88% between dialects, 62%–67% with Tamil [tam], 58%–68% with Malayalam. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Tamil |
| Language use | Home, village, religion. All ages. Positive attitude. The young understand Malayalam better than Tamil while the older people understand Tamil better. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 24% (31% males, 17% females); 40% for Tamil Nadu. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Hunter-gatherers; agriculturalists. Hindu. |
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