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Malayalam

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a language of the Dravidian family, spoken on the west coast of southern India. It is believed to have developed out of Tamil as recently as the 9th century. It possesses a large literature, in which words borrowed from Sanskrit are conspicuous. In 19(31 the total number of speakers of Malayalam in all India was just about six millions.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Malayalam'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/malayalam.html. 1910.
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