Tamil languages

Tamil
Geographic distribution:	South India
Linguistic classification:	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Tamil
Glottolog:	`tami1299`^[1]

The Tamil languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil. In addition to Tamil itself, they are:

The Arwi is a Arabic-Tamil language which sometimes included in the Tamil language family.

References

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tamiloid". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Southern

Kannada-Badaga	Badaga Holiya Kannada Urali

Kodagu	Kodava Kurumba

Malayalam languages	Aranadan Jeseri Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Malayalam Mullu Kurumba Paliyan Paniya Ravula

Tamil languages	Betta Kurumba Eravallan Irula Kaikadi Kanikkaran Muthuvan Tamil Yerukala

Toda-Kota	Kota Toda

Sholaga

Macro-Tulu

unclassified

South-Central

Central

North

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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