Malayalam Language

Dravidian language of 37 million native speakers, official in Kerala; descended from Tamil and first written in the Vatteluttu script.

Specifications & Metrics

family

Dravidian

Core Principles & Analysis

• Malayalam had 37 million native speakers at the 2011 census.
• The Quilon Syrian copper plates of 849/850 CE are the oldest available inscription written in Old Malayalam.
• Its earliest script was Vatteluttu, later extended with Grantha script letters to adopt Indo-Aryan loanwords.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Malayalam