Tamiloid languages

The Tamiloid languages, also known as the Tamil languages, are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are Eravallan, Kaikadi, Mala Malasar, Malasar, Malapandaram, Mannan, Muthuvan, Paliyan, Pattapu, Bugandi and Yerukala.

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[1] Tamiloid
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
Language codes
Glottolog	tami1299

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 Tamiloid languages as follows:^[1]

Tamiloid	Mala Malasar Malapandaram Malasa–Eravallan Eravallan Malasar Muthuvan–Mannan Mannan Muthuvan Old Tamil Tamil–Paliyan Paliyan Tamil Yerukula–Korava–Kaikadi Kaikadi Pattapu Yerukula

References

1. 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.