Malayalam

[ mal-uh-yah-luhm ]

noun

a Dravidian language spoken in extreme southwestern India.

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I know of no complete record of the terminology of the fourth chief language of South India, Malayalam.
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In 1901 the total number of speakers of Malayalam in all India was just about six millions.
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British Dictionary definitions for Malayalam

Malayalam

Malayalaam

/ (ˌmælɪˈɑːləm) /

noun

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

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