Maundadan Chetti language
| Maundadan Chetti | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Nilgiris,Tamil Nadu |
Native speakers | 5,400 (2020)[1] |
Dravidian
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| speakers useTamil script(majority) andMalayalam script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cty |
| Glottolog | maun1243Maundadan Chetti |
Maundadan ChettiorChettiis a KannadoidSouthern Dravidian languageofIndiaspoken by Maundadan Chetti community in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu and in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. Its highest lexical similarity is withBadaga,which one calculation put at 57%, and it has somewhat lower similarities (47%–41%) with Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil andWayanadan Chetti.The people have requested the Tamil Nadu government to recognize them as distinct.
References
[edit]- ^Maundadan ChettiatEthnologue(25th ed., 2022)
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