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Allar
Native to India
Region Palakkad, Malappuram districts, Kerala State
Native speakers
(350 cited 1994) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 all
Glottolog alla1247
ELP Allar

Allar (also known as Chatan) is a Dravidian language [2] spoken in Kerala (Malappuram district-Perinthalmanna tahsil, Manjeri tahsil, Mannarmala, Aminikadu, and Tazhecode; Palakkad district-Mannarkkad and Ottappalam tahsils), India. Due to a lack of scholarly study, Allar cannot be classified within Dravidian at this time and may be a dialect of some other Dravidian language.

References

  1. ^ Allar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ V. Zvelebil (1997) "Language list for Dravidian," Archiv Orientální 65:175-190