Allar language

{{Short description|Dravidian language of India}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Allar,Chatan

|nativename={{lang|all|അള്ളാർ,ചാത്തൻ}}

|states=India

|region=Palakkad, Malappuram districts, Kerala State

|speakers=350

|date=1994

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Dravidian

| fam2 = Southern

| fam3 = Southern I

| fam4 = Tamil–Kannada

| fam5 = Tamil–Kota

| fam6 = Tamil–Toda

| fam7 = Tamil–Irula

| fam8 = Tamil–Kodava–Urali

| fam9 = Tamil–Malayalam

| fam10 = Malayalamoid

| ancestor = Old Tamil

| ancestor2 = Middle Tamil

|iso3=all

|glotto=alla1247

|glottorefname=Allar

}}

Allar (also known as Chatan) is a Dravidian languageV. Zvelebil (1997) "Language list for Dravidian," Archiv Orientální 65:175-190 spoken in Kerala (Malappuram district-Perinthalmanna tahsil, Manjeri tahsil, Mannarmala, Aminikadu, and Tazhecode; Palakkad district-Mannarkkad and Ottappalam tahsils), India. Due to a lack of scholarly study, Allar cannot be classified within Dravidian at this time and may be a dialect of some other Dravidian language.