Thachanadan language

Thachanadan
Thachanadan
Native to	India
Native speakers	3,000 (2004 survey)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Thachanadan; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	thn
Glottolog	thac1235

Thachanadan (IPA: [t̪ɐt͡ːʃɐnaːɖɐn]) is a Southern Dravidian language spoken by Thachanad Muppans tribe of India. Dissimilar to other Dravidian languages, its most likely affinities are to Mullu Kurumba, with which it has 66-72% lexical similarity.