Malayalam | ||||
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malayāḷaṁ മലയാളം | ||||
Native to | India | |||
Region | Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mahé (Puducherry) | |||
Ethnicity | Malayali | |||
Native speakers | 38 million (2011) | |||
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Official language in | India | |||
Regulated by | Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala | |||
Language codes | ||||
ISO 639-1 | ml | |||
ISO 639-2 | mal | |||
ISO 639-3 | mal | |||
Linguasphere | 49-EBE-ba | |||
Malayalam-speaking area | ||||
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Malayalam edition. |
Malayalam is a language. Most people that speak Malayalam live in Kerala, in India. A speaker of Malayalam is called a Malayali.Malayalam (/malayALam/) is the main language of the South Indian state of Kerala and also of the Lakshadweep Islands (Laccadives) of the west coast of India.