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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 22 official languages of India, spoken by around 37 million people. Malayalam is also spoken widely in the union territories of Lakshadweep and Mahé, the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu and the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka. Malayalam is also spoken by a large population of Indian expatriates living in Arab States, the United Kingdom the United States and Canada.

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Malayalam is thought to have developed from Proto-Tamil and began developing a body of literature by the 12th century AD. The language became heavily Sanskritized during this period, and even to this day, the language gathers a large proportion of its vocabulary from Sanskrit. Loans have also been made from Portugese, Arabic and in recent times, English.

There is no regulating body for the language, and due to state policy in Kerala, it is optional for a student to learn their native language. This, combined with the increasing importance given to English and Hindi (and the prestige factor associated especially to English by the growing population of Westernized Keralites) has resulted in the decline of the language.

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  2. Panini Tries Predictive Indic Language Keypad For Mobile

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Feb 26 2010)

    Panini Tries Predictive Indic Language Keypad For Mobile ... for Finnish. Panini currently supports: Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Assamese, English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, French, Swahili, Hebrew... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam

  3. Nasscom Social Innovation Honours 2010

    Explore Article CXOtoday.com (Feb 9 2010)

    ...age in different languages like English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Konkani, Punjabi and Sanskrit. By developing training modules to help understand technology ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   NASSCOM India Leadership   GeoAmida   Tata Consultancy Services

  4. Microsoft’s Indic Language Tool Goes Public; Netbooks? Search

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Dec 19 2009)

    Microsoft’s Indic Language Tool Goes Public; Netbooks? Search ...er a choice of updating automatically online with some form of authentication? Finally, Bengali and Malayalam were loaded on the language bar and I tested them out on Word and notepad. ToolBar Support With Sea... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam   Microsoft   Mozilla Firefox

  5. Type In Hindi Anywhere With Google Transliteration

    Explore Article Information Madness (Dec 18 2009)

    Type In Hindi Anywhere With Google Transliteration ... With this tool we can write text in most Indian languages , which includes Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali, Nepali, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu and also Arabic languages. Google Trans... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam   Gmail   Google

  6. Rediff Incorporates 9 Indic Languages Into Upgraded RediffBlogs

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Dec 15 2009)

    ... is the support to 8 Indic languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Gujarati and Malayalam. The dropdown menu which enables users to switch languages didn’t show up on Google chrome. I had t... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam   Rediff Blogs   Google

  7. IndiaGlitz Lauches Free Movies Service IGCinema.com

    Explore Article Information Madness (Nov 24 2009) Mobile , Video

    Comment "One can find the best range of charming flowers, tempting chocolates and fruits, alluring wines and attractive gift hampers under ..." - suklanarayan

    ... movie rental services in india. IGCinema.com currently offers free movies in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada. The site is still in Beta mode. There are plenty of issues in the site though. * IGCinema... (Read Full Article)

    1 Comment Mentions:   Malayalam   Mozilla Firefox

  8. Bsnl, EnableM & OnMobile Launch Learn English: The Opportunity

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Nov 19 2009) Mobile

    Bsnl, EnableM & OnMobile Launch Learn English: The Opportunity ...with nine Indian languages - Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu and Malayalam. Daily SMSs and practice tests are a part of the learning package. We’ve requested EnableM for a de... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Dina Mehta   Malayalam   Tata Teleservices

  9. Learn English On Mobile With BSNL

    Explore Article Information Madness (Nov 17 2009) Mobile

    Learn English On Mobile With BSNL ...e Indian languages, namely, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu and Malayalam. Subscribers can also select specific Professions, Situations or Conversations to learn Engl... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam

  10. Quillpad Launches Mobile Transliteration Tool: A Review

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Oct 13 2009) Mobile , Social Networking

    Quillpad Launches Mobile Transliteration Tool: A Review ...y in Hindi but support for transliteration in ten Indic languages - Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi and Nepali will soon be available. Features, Issues The word c... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Tachyon Technologies   Malayalam   Rediff

  11. CDAC To Release Fonts & Tools For Six Indic Languages; Why Paid Products?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 8 2009)

    CDAC To Release Fonts & Tools For Six Indic Languages; Why Paid Products? ...uages. In the past, they have released tools and fonts for Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Assamese, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, [...] CDAC To Release Fonts & Tools For Six Indic Languages; Why Paid Products... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam

  12. New Standard For Indic Language SMS To Reduce Cost By 1/3d; Implementation Challenges

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 2 2009)

    ...an English SMS. This has been done for 10 major Indic scripts - Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu - and it also supports transliteration. Akthar suggests t... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam

  13. Nuance To Launch Free-Flow Voice Based Song Search In India

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Aug 24 2009) Mobile

    ...e. At present, the product, Nuance Recognizer does voice-to-text search for 11 languages - Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi and Indian English; two other lan... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam   Head of Marketing   Nuance Communications

  14. YouTube India Embraces Hindi; No Transliteration; Subtitles?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Aug 17 2009) Video

    ...dia currently offers transliteration in 12 languages - Hindi,Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, Punjabi, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Nepali and Arabic. YouTube has become a key area of focus of monetizat... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam   Google

  15. 14 Free Websites To Listen Latest Bollywood Songs

    Explore Article TechShali (Aug 6 2009) Social Networking

    14 Free Websites To Listen Latest Bollywood Songs ...only for Hindi songs but there is much more for you to listen and for your interest. Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati what you want almost every choice is there for you. Connect with friends, make friends, d... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bollywood   Malayalam   Madhav Tripathi

  16. Quillpad Launches Commercial Widget For Transliteration; Comparison With Google; Clients

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Aug 6 2009)

    Quillpad Launches Commercial Widget For Transliteration; Comparison With Google; Clients ...ransliteration in ten Indian languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Nepali. Restrictions, Features & Multiple Languages indic-usage The widget for per... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Malayalam   Tachyon Technologies   Rediff

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