Malayalam
A language native to
Kerala, a state in Southern India. Spoken by about 35 million people as a first language. Malayalam belongs to
Dravidian language family (related to neighbouring languages like Tamil, Telugu,
Kannada etc. ). A native speaker of Malayalam language is referred as a 'Malayali'. It uses Malayalam script, a variant of Brahmic script as its writing system.
Malayalam
by j on Aug 28, 2004 21:47:19
Malayalam
is the major language of the state of
Kerala, in southern India. It is one of the 17 official languages of India, spoken by over 30 million people. A person who speaks Malayalam is called a "
Malayalee" and rarely, a "
Keralite".
malayalam
by Detroit Malu Joe on Oct 24, 2003 11:04:23
This is a well known South Indian and
Dravidian language spoken mostly in the state of
Kerala. Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India at 99 percent.
Malayalam evolved from Tamil over a thousand years, it's similarities are striking. Notice that this word is a palindrome, meaning it is spelled the same forwards and backwords.