Ruth Padel

Kalanadi
Kalanadi
Native to	India
Native speakers	750 (2004 survey)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Kalanadi–Kunduvadi–Pathiya Kalanadi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wkl
Glottolog	kala1255

Kalanadi is a Southern Dravidian language of India. It is most similar to Pathiya with which it shares 88% lexical similarity.

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