Malayali people

E249939
ethnic group ethnolinguistic group social group

The Malayali people are an ethnolinguistic group from the Indian state of Kerala and surrounding regions, primarily known for speaking the Malayalam language and maintaining a distinct cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Malayali 7
Malayali people canonical 4
Malayali Hindus 3

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
social group ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culture Kerala culture ⓘ
demographicGroupIn Kerala ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn Kerala ⓘ
diaspora Australia ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicity Malayali people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malayali
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
nativeTo India ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Kodagu district ⓘ
Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ
surface form: Lakshadweep

Mahé ⓘ
Tulu Nadu ⓘ
notableLanguage Malayalam literature ⓘ
populationCenter Kochi ⓘ
Kozhikode ⓘ
Malappuram ⓘ
Thiruvananthapuram ⓘ
Thrissur ⓘ
primaryLanguage Malayalam ⓘ
region Kerala ⓘ
South India ⓘ
relatedGroup Dravidian peoples ⓘ
Kannada people ⓘ
surface form: Kannadiga people

Tamil people ⓘ
Telugu people ⓘ
Tuluva people ⓘ
surface form: Tulu people
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scriptOrigin Brahmi script (indirectly) ⓘ
stateLanguageOf Kerala ⓘ
Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ
surface form: Lakshadweep (Malayalam)
traditionalCuisine Appam ⓘ
Fish curry ⓘ
Puttu ⓘ
Sadya ⓘ
traditionalDance Kathakali ⓘ
Mohiniyattam ⓘ
Theyyam ⓘ
Thiruvathirakali ⓘ
traditionalDress Mundu ⓘ
Settu sari ⓘ
traditionalFestival Christmas ⓘ
surface form: Christmas (among Christians)

Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
surface form: Eid (among Muslims)

Onam ⓘ
Thrissur Pooram ⓘ
Vishu ⓘ
traditionalMusic Carnatic music ⓘ
Sopana Sangeetham ⓘ
traditionalSport Vallamkali ⓘ
surface form: Vallam Kali
traditionalTheatre Chakyar Koothu ⓘ
Koodiyattam ⓘ
writingSystem Grantha script ⓘ
surface form: Grantha script (historical)

Malayalam script ⓘ
Vatteluttu ⓘ
surface form: Vatteluttu (historical)

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malayalam script → usedByCommunity → Malayali people ⓘ
Indian Malaysians → majorAncestralGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali
South Asian ethnic groups → includesEthnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayalis
Dravidian peoples → majorEthnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
Malabar Independent Syrian Church → primaryMembershipEthnicity → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali
Karthika Deepam → celebratedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali Hindus
Bhogi → observedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
Onam → associatedWithCommunity → Malayali people ⓘ
Onam → observedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali Hindus
Onam → alsoObservedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali Christians
Onam → alsoObservedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali Muslims
Subramanya → worshippedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali Hindus
Vishu → observedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayalis
Vishu → observedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali diaspora
Mira Nair → ethnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali
Malayali people → ethnicity → Malayali people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali
Indian Singaporeans → subgroup → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayalee Singaporeans
Malankara → associatedWithEthnoReligiousGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali Christians
Geevarghese Ivanios → ethnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali
Zamorin of Calicut → ethnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali
Zarina Wahab → ethnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayali