Malayalam is a Dravidian language primarily spoken by the Malayali people, native to the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2011 census, native speakers. RegionKerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry, India 1 Partially Attested
Attested From (Year)Quilon Syrian copper plates dated 849/850 CE, considered by some the oldest inscription in Old Malayalam; the article dates Old Malayalam inscriptions to the 9th to 13th century CE. Classification
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Malayalam is a Dravidian language, primarily spoken by the Malayali people, native to the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahe district).
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
37 million native speakers (L1) as of 2011
Lead section, first sentence
is a Dravidian language, primarily spoken by the Malayali people, native to the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry
Official status
Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé).
Old Malayalam
The Quilon Syrian copper plates of 849/850 CE are considered by some to be the oldest available inscription written in Old Malayalam.
Official status, Malayalam entity page
Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé).
In Family: Dravidian, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Dravidian languages; immediate branch: Southern Dravidian (Southern I), within the Malayalamoid group.
- Written In: Malayalam Script
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