Muthuvan 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.
Muthuvan | |
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முதுவன் | |
Native to | India |
Region | Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh |
Ethnicity | Muthuvan |
Native speakers | 17,000 (2006)[1] |
Early forms | |
Malayalam script, Tamil script[1] | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | muv |
Glottolog | muth1236 |
References
edit- ^ a b Muthuvan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)