sentences:  Today, the Labbay community is based in towns including Bangalore, Chennai, Kadayanallur, Kilakarai, Koothanallur, Kayalpatnam, Adiramapattinam, Pazhaverkadu, Thondi, thopputhurai, Nagore, and Erwadi, and sizeable population of Urdu speaking in vellore district.Labbays constitute a substantial percentage in the coastal villages and towns from the border of Andhra to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, from Kanyakumari to the Karnataka border, and all over Sri Lanka.Tamil and Malayalam Muslims share cultural practices and a shared vocabulary of kinship terms such as "vappa" (father), "umma" (mother), and "ikkaka" (elder brother).