Alternate Names: Aalan, Alan, Alanmar, Alar, Allan, Chatans
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 61% with Malayalam ,, 59% with Tamil ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 350 (Shashi and Shri 1994).
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Very limited bilingual ability in Malayalam [mal].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Writing System: Malayalam
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Hindu.