Mappila dialects

Mappila Malayalam (also called Moplah Malayalam) refers to the sociolects of the Malayalam language spoken by the Mappila Muslim community of Kerala, India. Rather than a single uniform dialect, the term encompasses a variety of regional speech patterns that differ significantly by district (e.g., Kasaragod, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur). It is spoken by several million people, predominantly in the Malabar Coast of Kerala state, southern India.

Linguistically, Mappila Malayalam is mutually intelligible with other standard dialects of Malayalam. It is classified variously as a regional dialect of northern Kerala or as a sociolect of the Mappila community. It is also described as a vernacular or, particularly during the colonial era, as a provincial patois. A defining feature of Mappila Malayalam is it's lexical admixture, which shows influence from Arabic and Persian.