Malayalam
മലയാളം malayāḷam മലയാണ്മ malayāṇma
Malayalam in Malayalam script
Native to	Primarily in the Indian state of Kerala
Region	Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mahé (Puducherry)
Ethnicity	Malayali
Native speakers	38 million  (2007)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Malayalam languages Malayalam
Writing system	Malayalam alphabet (Brahmic) Malayalam Braille
Official status
Official language in	Indian states:Kerala (State),Lakshadweep (Territory), Puducherry (Territory)
Regulated by	Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ml
ISO 639-2	mal
ISO 639-3	mal
Malayalam-speaking area

This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Malayalam edition.

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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.

Malayalis (speakers of Malayalam), who - males and females alike - are almost totally literate, constitute 4 percent of the population of India and 96 percent of the population of Kerala (29.01 million in 1991).  view more...