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. It is one of 22 scheduled lang
The Quilon Syrian copper plates (849/850 CE) are considered as the oldest available inscription written in Old Malayalam. Besides Old Malayalam, the copper plate also contains signatures in Arabic (Kufic script), Middle Persian (cursive Pahlavi script) and Judeo-Persian (standard square Hebrew) scripts.
Veerakkal Tamil-Brahmi inscription (ca. 2nd cent. BCE) from Pulimaankombai, raised in memory of tīyaṉ antavaṉ, who died in a cattle raid in a village called kūṭal ūr. The words 'peṭu' and 'tīyaṉ' are regarded by Iravatham Mahadevan as pre-Malayalam terms, with "tīyaṉ" (thiyyar) being the name for a caste from Kerala. The inscription contributed to Malayalam being granted classical language status by the Government of India, a status which is granted to languages deemed older than 2,000 years by the "Linguistic Expert Committee."
Copy of Ezhuthachan's stylus and Adhyatma Ramayanam preserved at Thunchan Parambu, Tirur
A Malayalam signboard from Kannur, Kerala. Malayalam is official language in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puduchery
Malayalam script is a Brahmic abugida used to write Malayalam, the principal language of Kerala, India, spoken by 45 million people. Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Ker
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…Tamil tradition is Ramacharitam (late 12th or early 13th century). The earliest script used to write Malayalam was the Vatteluttu script. The current Malayalam script is based on the Vatteluttu script, which was extended with Grantha script letters to adopt Indo-Aryan loanwords. It bears high similarity with the…
A bilingual sign in Malayalam and Latin script (English) at Changaramkulam, Malappuram, Kerala
The Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University is situated at Thunchan Parambu, Tirur, Malappuram