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Malasar people

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Malasar
EthnicityDravidian
LocationWestern Ghats
Population9,000 approx
LanguageMalasar
ReligionHinduism

Malasar Tribe (Tamil : மலைசர்) are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.[1] The Malasar Tribe people are one of the earliest known inhabitants of the Western Ghats, in Anaimalai Hills.[citation needed] Malasar is an unclassified Southern Dravidian language spoken by a Scheduled tribe of India.

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  1. "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.