Alternate Names: Moopan, Thacchanadens, Thachanad Muppans
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 60%–64% with Malayalam ,, 50%–54% with Tamil ,, 66%–72% with Mullu Kurumba ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 3,000 (2004 survey).
Language Use: Some use Malayalam in home and village, esp. with children. Use is less among youth. Home, village. All ages. Neutral to positive attitudes. Youth have more negative attitudes. Also use Malayalam [mal].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 30% (2004 survey). Literacy rate much lower than state literacy rate.
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Traditional religion, Hindu.