Tamiloid languages

Tamil
Tamil
Tamiloid
Geographic; distribution	South India
Linguistic classification	Dravidian South Dravidian South Dravidian I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Tamil; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
Glottolog	tami1299

The Tamil languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are Irula, Betta Kurumba, Yerukala, Eravallan, Kanikkaran, Muthuvan, Sholaga, Kaikadi, and Sankethi.

Arwi is not a separate language but a register of Tamil used by Muslims. It is written in the Arabic alphabet and contains many loans from Arabic.

Kakkala may be either a Tamil language or one of the Malayalam languages.

Internal classification

Glottolog classifies the Malayalam languages as follows:^[1]

Tamiloid

^ ^a ^b Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Tamiloid". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

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