Eravallan language

{{Short description|Dravidian language of India}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Eravallan

|nativename=எரவல்லன்

|states=India

|region=Kerala, Tamil Nadu

|speakers=5,000

|date=2001

|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 = Tamiloid

| fam11 = Malasa–Eravallan

| ancestor = Old Tamil

| ancestor2 = Middle Tamil

|iso3=era

|glotto=erav1242

|glottorefname=Eravallan

}}

Eravallan is a tribal Dravidian language related to Tamil. It is spoken by the Eravallan people in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/39135/1/Unit-3.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://totemngo.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/tribal-communities-of-kerala/|title = Tribal Communities of Kerala|date = 18 December 2014}}