Muduga
Native toIndia
Native speakers
(3,400 cited 1991 census)[1]
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


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