Malaryan language

{{Short description|Extinct Dravidian language of India}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Malaryan

|altname=മലർയൻ

|states=India

|region=Kerala, Tamil Nadu

|ethnicity=35,000 (2001 census)

|extinct=2000s

|ref=e25

|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 = mjq

|glotto=mala1466

|glottorefname=Malaryan

}}

Malaryan (Mala Arayan, Malayarayar) is an extinct Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu that was closely related to Malayalam.