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| Malayalam മലയാളം malayāḷaṁ | ||||
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| Spoken in: | India | |||
| Region: | Predominantly in Kerala, Lakshadweep and Mahé (Mayyazhii) in Puducherry | |||
| Total speakers: | 37 million native, 10 million second language = 47 million | |||
| Ranking: | 29 | |||
| Language family: | Dravidian Southern Tamil-Kannada Tamil-Kodagu Tamil-Malayalam Malayalam | |||
| Writing system: | Vatteluttu | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language of: | Kerala State and the Union Territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry | |||
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1: | ml | |||
| ISO 639-2: | mal | |||
| ISO 639-3: | mal | |||
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Malayalam (മലയാളം malayāḷaṁ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. It is one of the 23 official languages of India, spoken by around 37 million people. A native speaker of Malayalam is called a 'Malayali'. Malayalam is also spoken in Lakshadweep and Mahé (Mayyazhi) in Puducherry.
The language belongs to the family of Dravidian languages. Both the language and its writing system are closely related to Tamil; however, Malayalam has a script of its own.
According to Suryagayatri owner of ‘Kariveppila’ (Curry Leaves), the Malayalam language site hostedby Yahoo! India (managed by Web Dunia), has blatantly lifted a few of her recipes and posted it on Yahoo!s Malayalam site.