Muduga language

Southern Dravidian language of India
Muduga
Native toIndia
Native speakers
(3,400 cited 1991 census)[1]
Language family
Dravidian
  • Southern Dravidian
    • Tamil-Kannada
      • Irula-Muduga
        • Muduga
Language codes
ISO 639-3udg
Glottologmudu1239

Muduga, also called Mudugar, is a Southern Dravidian language of India influenced by Kannada and Tulu. It is mainly spoken by Muduga tribes in the Attappady valley south of the Nilgiris in Palakkad district, Kerala.[2] It is mutually intelligible with Attapady Kurumba.

References

  1. ^ Muduga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Rajendran, Nanu (1986). Muduga Language. Ennes Publications.

Relevant literature

  • Arsenault, Paul; Abraham, Binny (2022). "Centralized vowels in Muduga". Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics. 9 (1–2): 97–129. doi:10.1515/jsall-2022-2045. S2CID 257233842.
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