Mala Malasar language

Not to be confused with Malasar language.

Mala Malasar is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by a scheduled tribe of India.^[which?] It is close to Irula.

Mala Malasar
Native to	India
Native speakers	1,000 (2004)[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Tamiloid Mala Malasar
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ima
Glottolog	mala1457

References

1. Mala Malasar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)