Malasar
A language of India
| Population | 7,760 (2001 census). |
| Region | Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore District, Pollachi Taluk; Kerala, Palakkad District, Chittoor and Palakkad taluks. |
| Alternate names | Malayar |
| Dialects | 68-74% with Tamil, 79-83% with Walayar Irula, 77-86% with Eravallan, 57-61% with Malayalam, 68-75% with Mala Malasar; (04 survey); 52-56% with Malayan, 77-82% between Malasar and Kollimalakkar, Kollimalakkar 80% with Malapulaya (06 survey). |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Unclassified |
| Language use | Home, village, religion. all ages. Positive attitude. Bilingual ability in Malayalam (in Kerala) increases with education but few have higher education. Bilingualism in Tamil is reportedly more widespread even in Kerala but level of ability is unknown. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 36% in Kerala, 22% in Tamil Nadu (2001 census). |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Kollimalakkar call themselves Malasar but are different culturally, belonging to the Malayali tribe of Tamil Nadu. They migrated to Nelliyampathy area in Kerala for work many years ago. hunter-gatherers, agriculture, working as estate labourers in the tea, cardamom and coffee plantations. Traditional religion mixed with Hinduism, a few Christians (Menon 1996). |
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