Muthuvan language

Dravidian language of India
Muthuvan
முதுவன்
Native toIndia
RegionKerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
EthnicityMuthuvan
Native speakers
17,000 (2006)[1]
Dravidian
Early forms
Malayalam script, Tamil script[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3muv
Glottologmuth1236

Muthuvan (IPA: [mud̪uʋaːn]) is a tribal Dravidian language related to Tamil, mainly spoken in the Pooyamkutty-Idamalayar Dam region in Ernakulam district of Kerala by the Muthuvan people.

References

  1. ^ a b Muthuvan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

Further reading

  • Sakthivel, S. (1978). Muduva Dialect. Annamalainagar: Annamalai University.


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