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Malayalam

[ mal-uh-yah-luhm ]

noun

  1. a Dravidian language spoken in extreme southwestern India.


Malayalam

/ ˌmælɪˈɑːləm /

noun

  1. a language of SW India, belonging to the Dravidian family and closely related to Tamil: the state language of Kerala


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I know of no complete record of the terminology of the fourth chief language of South India, Malayalam.

In 1901 the total number of speakers of Malayalam in all India was just about six millions.

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