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Malamuthan language

dravidian language of India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ121461186 ↗
Source-derived summary

Malamuthaan (IPA: [mɐlɐmut̪ːɐn]) also called Malakkaar (IPA: [mɐlɐkːaːr]) is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by the Malamuthan people in the hills of the Malappuram and Kozhikode districts of Kerala. Previously they were falsely labeled as Muthuvan in documents but they are a different tribe in Idukki.

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The public source identifies “Malamuthan language” as dravidian language of India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Malamuthan, language and dravidian.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 46-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Malamuthan, language and dravidian providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q121461186. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Malamuthan language” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.