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Muduga
Native toIndia
Native speakers
(3,400 cited 1991 census)[1]
Dravidian
  • Southern
    • (?)
      • Muduga
Language codes
ISO 639-3udg
Glottologmudu1239

Muduga also called Mudugar is an unclassified 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.