Eranadan or Aranadan
(
ISO
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* Iso ...
: ; ml, ഏറനാടൻ; ar, ا٘يرَناڊَن) is a
Dravidian language
The Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Since the colonial era, there have been small but significant imm ...
spoken by several hundred people, predominantly in the region of
Eranad,
Malappuram district,
Kerala
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,
India
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. It is classified under the
Malayalam languages
The Malayalam languages are the
group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Malayalam. In addition to Malayalam itself, they are:
*Paniya, Ravula, Beary, Aranadan, Judeo-Malayalam, Arabi Malayalam, Suriyani Malayalam, Kadar, Malapanda ...
.
It is also known as Aranatan or Malappuram Bhasha.
References
Arabi Malayalam
Languages of Kerala
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