• Malayalam started its development as a separate language from the 13th century onwards. It is spoken as an official language of Kerala and Lakshadweep.
  • This page brings together basic information about the Malayalam script and its use for the Malayalam language.
  • The Malayalam script began to diverge from the Vatteluttu and the Western Grantha scripts in the 8th and 9th centuries of Common Era.
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  • Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken by about 38 million people, mainly in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
  • It is one of the 23 official languages of India, spoken by around 36 million people. A native speaker of Malayalam is called a "Malayali".
  • Malayalam is the native language spoken by the Malayalees in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
  • Note: Malayalam is not the Malay language, which is spoken in Malaysia. Malayalam (മലയാളം) is the major language of the state of Kerala, in southern India.
  • The word, 'Malayalam' shows up as 'Malayalim' in the language structure text 'Malayalim bhasha' composed by Pitt and distributed in 1841.