Learn Malayalam: Malayalam alphabet chart and letters
Learning Malayalam language
About Malayalam
Malayalam is one of the 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India and the official language of Keralam and Lakshadweep, and of Mahe in Puducherry. The 2011 Census counted 3.48 crore people in India whose mother tongue it is. It is written in the Malayalam script. The Government of India declared it a classical language in 2013.
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To go further: Bharatavani, the portal of India's languages run by the Central Institute of Indian Languages, has dictionaries, primers and books in Malayalam.
- Malayalam Mission: Government of Keralam: Malayalam classes for Malayalis living outside Keralam, in India and abroad
- Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University: Tirur: a state university devoted to Malayalam
- Keralam Sahitya Akademi: Thrissur (Government of Keralam): Malayalam literature, library and awards
- Keralam State Institute of Languages: Government of Keralam: Malayalam reference books and textbooks
- Sahitya Akademi: India's national academy of letters (Ministry of Culture): books, translations and the yearly awards in Malayalam and the other languages of India
If you know a bit of spoken Malayalam, you can practice reading Malayalam by reading these newspapers (Keep popup blocker ON and keep spyware/antivirus ON. Good advice for all Indian newspapers!)
Sources: Census of India 2011, Language (Paper 1 of 2018), speakers of the scheduled languages; the Constitution of India, Eighth Schedule; classical languages, Ministry of Culture (Press Information Bureau, 3 October 2024).