Language: Malayalam Find language
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Progress Scale |
Primary Religion | % Professing Christian |
% Evangelical |
Indigenous |
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Adiyan | India | 17,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 1.45 % | -1 | ● |
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Aiyanavar | India | 25,000 | 3 ● | Christianity | 78.67 % | -1 | ● |
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Ajila | India | 7,100 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Ambalavasi | Sri Lanka | 658,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Ambalavasi | India | 159,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.32 % | -1 | ● |
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Arasar | India | 78,000 | 3 ● | Christianity | 77.60 % | -1 | ● |
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Arayan | India | 210,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.92 % | -1 | ● |
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Ayyanavar | India | 22,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 3.18 % | -1 | ● |
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Bharathar | Sri Lanka | 1,600 | 3 ● | Christianity | 82.23 % | -1 | ● |
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Brahmin Muttad | India | 50,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Brahmin Nambudiri | India | 100,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Brahmin Pancha Dravida | India | 154,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Chakkan | India | 300 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Chavalakkaran | India | 27,000 | 2 ● | Hinduism | 15.84 % | -1 | ● |
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Chengazhi Nambiyar | India | 700 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Cheruman (Hindu traditions) | India | 477,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Cheruman (Muslim traditions) | India | 45,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Cherumar Christian | India | 489,000 | 3 ● | Christianity | 100.00 % | -1 | ● |
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Chingathanar | India | 800 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Eluthassan | India | 45,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Gavara | India | 18,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.01 % | -1 | ● |
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Idayan | India | 72,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Ilavan | India | 6,215,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 2.02 % | -1 | ● |
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Ilavaniyan | India | 33,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
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Ilavathi | India | 55,000 | 1 ● | Hinduism | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | ● |
| Totals: 118 | 96 ● |
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Note: Only people groups speaking Malayalam as primary language are listed.
Other groups may speak Malayalam as a secondary language.
Other groups may speak Malayalam as a secondary language.
| Item | Code |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Ethnologue Code | mal |
| Written | Yes |
| Linguist List | |
| Language Archives |
| Language Alternate Names |
|---|
| Alealum |
| Kasargod |
| Malayal |
| Malayalani |
| Malayali |
| Malean |
| Maliyad |
| Mallealle |
| Mapilla |
| Mopla |
| Moplah (Mapilla) |
| Dialects |
|---|
| Central Kerala |
| Kayavar |
| Malabar |
| Mapila |
| Nagari-malayalam |
| Namboodiri |
| Nasrani |
| Nayar |
| North Kerala |
| Pulaya |
| South Kerala |
| Dialect Alternate Names |
|---|
| Malayalam: Moplah |
| Moplah |
| Translation | Year / Status |
|---|---|
| Bible Portions | 1811-1968 |
| New Testament | 1829-1995 |
| Complete Bible | 1841-2004 |
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