Malayalam

E8980

Dravidian language literary language natural language

Malayalam is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Malayalam canonical	80
Malayalam language	16
Malabar Malayalam	1
Malayalam language (Arabi-Malayalam)	1
Mappila Malayalam	1
Old Malayalam	1
Standard Malayalam	1
Travancore Malayalam	1
മലയാളം	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dravidian language ⓘ literary language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Tamil ⓘ
developedAsDistinctLanguageByCentury	13th century ⓘ
family	Dravidian languages ⓘ
hasAncestor	Southern Dravidian ⓘ surface form: Middle Tamil Proto-Dravidian ⓘ
hasClassicalLanguageStatusIn	India ⓘ
hasDialect	Central Travancore dialect ⓘ Lakshadweep dialects ⓘ Malayalam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Malabar Malayalam North Kerala dialect ⓘ Malayalam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Travancore Malayalam
hasMajorScriptReformInCentury	20th century ⓘ
hasNativeName	Malayalam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: മലയാളം
hasNotableLiteraryForm	drama ⓘ novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ short story ⓘ
hasPhonemicFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ geminate consonants ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasStandardDialect	Malayalam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard Malayalam
hasWriting	Malayalam script ⓘ surface form: Malayalam alphabet
hasWritingTraditionSinceCentury	9th century ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-1	ml ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2	mal ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3	mal ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Kerala ⓘ Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ surface form: Lakshadweep Puducherry ⓘ
primaryReligionOfManySpeakers	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
recognizedAsClassicalLanguageBy	Government of India ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
spokenIn	India ⓘ Kerala ⓘ Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ surface form: Lakshadweep Puducherry ⓘ
subfamily	Southern Dravidian ⓘ surface form: South Dravidian languages
usedAsMediumOfInstructionIn	Kerala ⓘ surface form: Kerala schools
usedInFilmIndustry	Malayalam cinema ⓘ
usedInMediaOf	Kerala ⓘ
usesNumeralSystem	Hindu–Arabic numerals ⓘ
writingSystem	Brahmic script ⓘ Malayalam script ⓘ
writingSystemDerivedFrom	Grantha script ⓘ

Referenced by (103)

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

India → recognizedLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Indian English → influencedBy → Malayalam ⓘ

Malayalam → hasStandardDialect → Malayalam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Malayalam

Malayalam → hasDialect → Malayalam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malabar Malayalam

Malayalam → hasDialect → Malayalam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Travancore Malayalam

Malayalam → hasNativeName → Malayalam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: മലയാളം

Dravidian languages → majorLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Andrott → hasLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Andrott → hasOfficialLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Kiltan → hasLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

South India → majorLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Kalpeni → officialLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Amini → hasLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Agatti → hasLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayalam language (Arabi-Malayalam)

Indians → majorLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Southern Dravidian → includes → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayalam language

Southern Dravidian → majorLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayalam language

Kerala → officialLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Kerala → literaryLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Malayalam ⓘ

Malayalam script → usedForWriting → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayalam language

Proto-Dravidian → ancestorOf → Malayalam ⓘ

Anish → hasLanguageOfUse → Malayalam ⓘ

Puducherry → hasRegionalLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Cochin → officialLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → primaryLanguageOfLiturgy → Malayalam ⓘ

Andaman Hindi → hasInfluenceFrom → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayalam language

Travancore → officialLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Tulu → closelyRelatedTo → Malayalam ⓘ

Vatteluttu script → associatedWith → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayalam language

Vatteluttu script → writingSystemOf → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Malayalam

Dravidian peoples → associatedLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayalam language

Star India → languageOfContent → Malayalam ⓘ

Hindu diaspora → hasLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Kalady → officialLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Riya Sen → languageOfWork → Malayalam ⓘ

Indian literature → hasLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Indian cinema → language → Malayalam ⓘ

Uttara → hasOfficialLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Dravidian studies → studiesLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Languages of India → hasScheduledLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Languages of India → widelySpokenLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Languages of India → hasClassicalLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Raman → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Malayalam ⓘ

Kanyakumari → languageSpoken → Malayalam ⓘ

Mappila Muslims → nativeLanguage → Malayalam ⓘ

Mappila Muslims → languageVariety → Malayalam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mappila Malayalam

Kannur → language → Malayalam ⓘ