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Eranadan language

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Eranadan language
ഏറനാടൻ ഭാഷ
ا٘يرَناڊَن
Native toIndia
RegionMalappuram District
Native speakers
200 in more accessible areas (2001 census)[1]
Ponnani script,Malayalam script
Language codes
ISO 639-3aaf
Glottologaran1261
ELPAranadan

Eranadan[2](ISO:ēṟanāṭan;Malayalam:ഏറനാടൻ;Arabic:ا٘يرَناڊَن) is aDravidian languagespoken by several hundred people, predominantly in the region ofEranad,Malappuram district,Kerala,India.[3]It is classified under theMalayalam languages.[4]It is also known asMalappuram BhashaorMapla Bhasha.

References[edit]

  1. ^Eranadan languageatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^Kumar Suresh Singh; Anthropological Survey of India (2002).People of India.Anthropological Survey of India. p. 195.ISBN978-81-85938-99-8.
  3. ^Ethnologue report for language code: aaf
  4. ^Kakkoth, Seetha (2004)."Demographic profile of an autochthonous tribe: the Aranadan of Kerala"(PDF).Anthropologist.6(3): 163–167.doi:10.1080/09720073.2004.11890848.S2CID76518009.Retrieved5 April2011.