Malayalam Language, member of the South Dravidian subgroup of the Dravidian Language family. Malayalam is spoken mainly in India, where it is the official language of the state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep.It is also spoken by bilingual communities in contiguous parts of
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In the early 21st century, Malayalam was
spoken by more than 35 million people. Malayalam
language has large vocabulary, with around 90,000 words listed in
dictionary. It consists of number of words borrowed from Sanskrit and
Proto-dravidian language. Arrival of European further enriched the
Malayalam vocabulary with large absorbing numerous words and idioms from
English, Portuguese, and Dutch etc. Most of the Malayalam words end with ‘am (ansvaram)’. When written in English, this is the only language that turns
out to be a palindrome (a word that reads the same backward as
forward).It is the 8th most spoken language in India.The most circulated daily regional newspaper in India is in
Malayalam. Kerala alone prints 170 daily papers, 235 weekly and
over 550 monthly periodicals.Fourteen districts in Kerala have different dialects and people
sometimes find it difficult to understand their own language due to
these dialects.Malayalam has borrowed many words from other languages such as Sanskrit ,Hindi ,Urudu ,Arabic , Persian, Portuguese, Dutch,French and English. The majority of lexical borrowings come from Sanskrit, Tamil, and Urdu.Modern Malayalam is spoken by an estimated 35 million people around the
world today, most of them located in India. India is an immense country
that is home to many languages, most of them geographically concentrated
in select regions or provinces.The
beautiful Malayalam originated from the Classic Pure Tamil and Ancient
Kerala was one of the three important Kingdoms of Ancient Tamilakam!
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