Wikipedia—Malayalam

Malayalam (/ˌmæləˈjɑːləm/;^[6] Malayalam: മലയാളം, Malayāḷam ^?, [mäläjäːɭäm] (listen)) is a Dravidian language^[7] spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweepand Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India spoken by nearly 2.88% of Indians. Malayalam has official language status in the state of Kerala and in the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry(Mahé)^[8][9][10] and is spoken by 34 million people worldwide.^[11]Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Nilgiris, Kanyakumari, and Coimbatore, Tenkasi, Theni districts of Tamil Nadu and Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka. Due to Malayali expatriates in the Persian Gulf, the language is also widely spoken in the Gulf countries.

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