Tamiloid languages

Tamiloid
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 Tamiloid; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
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Glottolog	tami1299

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.

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.

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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
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Glottolog	`tami1299`