“ചിറ്റുളിപ്പല്ലമര്ത്തിമയന് തതാളില്
മകാച്ചുപൂവിന് പടങ്ങള് വരഞ്ഞും
പിച്ചവച്ചു പിരതണ്ടാടി വീണ്ിട്ടച്ഛമന തനാക്കിക്കണീര് മപാഴിഞ്ഞും”_
ആശ്യം വിശ്ദീകരിക്കുക? find the answer in the poem oonjal patte
Answers
Malayalam is a Dravidian language[8] spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and 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)[9][10][11] and is spoken by 34 million people worldwide.[12] 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.
The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of dispute among scholars. The mainstream view holds that Malayalam descends from Middle Tamil and separated from it sometime after the c. 9th century AD.[13] A second view argues for the development of the two languages out of "Proto-Dravidian" or "Proto-Tamil-Malayalam" in the prehistoric era,[14] although this is generally rejected by historical linguists.[15] Designated a "Classical Language in India" in 2013,[16] it developed into the current form mainly by the influence of the poet Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan in the 16th century. The oldest documents written in Malayalam and still surviving are the Vazhappally Copper plates from 832 AD and Tharisapalli Copper plates from 849 AD.
The earliest script used to write Malayalam was the Vatteluttu script.[8] The current Malayalam script is based on the Vatteluttu script, which was extended with Grantha script letters to adopt Indo-Aryan loanwords.[8][17] The oldest literary work in Malayalam, distinct from the Tamil tradition, is dated from between the 9th and 11th centuries.[14] The first travelogue in any Indian language is the Malayalam Varthamanappusthakam, written by Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar in 1785.[18][19]