Malaryan

A language of India

ISO 639: mjq
Alternate Names: Arayans, Karingal, Malai Arayan, Malayarayan, Malayarayar, Male Arayans, Maley Arayan, Vazhiyammar
Population: No known L1 speakers. Dormant by 2000s. Ethnic population: 35,000 (2001 census).
Location:: Kerala state: scattered in Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, and Thrissur districts.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam
Language Use: Shifted to Malayalam [mal], in Kerala state.
Language Development: Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Malaryan
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Speak a variety of Malayalam [mal] as L1. Malayarayar and Mala Arayan are listed as 2 different communities in the census but are the same group. Though the Kanikkar of Trivandrum District also sometimes call themselves Malayarayar, they are entirely different (Menon 1996:198). Hindu, Christian.

Location: Kerala state: scattered in Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, and Thrissur districts.