Alternate Names: Arayans, Karingal, Malai Arayan, Malayarayan, Malayarayar, Male Arayans, Maley Arayan, Vazhiyammar
Genealogy:
Demographics: No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 35,000 (2001 census).
Language Use: Shifted to Malayalam [mal] in Kerala.
Language Development: Grammar.
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Speak a variety of Malayalam , as L1. Malayarayar and Mala Arayan are listed as 2 different communities in the census but are the same group. Though the Kanikkar of Trivandrum District also sometimes call themselves Malayarayar, they are entirely different (Menon 1996:198). Hindu, Christian.