The earliest extant literary works in the regional language of present-day Kerala probably date back to as early as the 12th century. The word Malayalam originated from the words malameaning " mountain ", and alammeaning " region " or "-ship" as in "township" Malayalam thus translates directly as "the mountain region. The earliest script used to write Malayalam was the Vatteluttu alphabetand later the Kolezhuttuwhich derived from it. A second view argues for the development of the two languages out of "Proto-Dravidian" or "Proto-Tamil-Malayalam" in the prehistoric era. One view holds that Malayalam and modern Tamil are offshoots of Middle Tamil and separated from it sometime after the c. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of dispute among scholars. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states with significant number of speakers in the NilgirisKanyakumariand CoimbatoreTenkasiTheni districts of Tamil Nadu and Kodaguand Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka.ĭue to Malayali expatriates in the Persian Gulfthe language is also widely spoken in Gulf countries.
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This short article about Asia can be made longer. Tamil Nadu is its neighbour on the south and east and Karnataka on the north and east. A few of the phonemes are unique for Malayalam. Malayalis speakers of Malayalamwho - males and females alike - are almost totally literate, constitute 4 percent of the population of India and 96 percent of the population of Kerala In terms of the number of speakers, Malayalam ranks eighth among the 18 major languages of India. A speaker of Malayalam is called a Malayali. Most people that speak Malayalam live in Keralain India.