Muthuvan language

Muthuvan
Muthuvan
முதுவன்
Native to	India
Region	Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Ethnicity	Muthuvan
Native speakers	17,000 (2006)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Tamiloid Muthuvan–Mannan Muthuvan; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Writing system	Malayalam script, Tamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	muv
Glottolog	muth1236

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.

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