Malayalam( മലയാളം ) is a regional language spoken in india expecially in the state of kerala.Malayalam is official language in the state of kerala as well as the union territories Lakshadeep and PondyCherry.It belongs to Dravidian family of langauages.Malayalam language has similarities with Indian languages Sanskrit and Tamil.It is believed that malayalam is orginated from ancient Tamil language.The word malayalam (മലയാളം ) is orginated from the words 'mala'(മല ) meaning hill and 'alam'(അളം) meaning Ocean.
Malayalam alphabets are known as Vatteluttu(വട്ടെഴുത്ത്),which means 'round writing'. 'Vazhappalli',the oldest known written text in Malayalam was written in Vatteluttu alphabet.It is believed that 'vazhappalli' is written nearly in 830 AD.
A version of the Grantha alphabet originally used in the Chola kingdom was brought to the southwest of India in the 8th or 9th century and was adapted to write the Malayalam languages. By the early 13th century it is thought that a systemised Malayalam alphabet had emerged. Some changes were made to the alphabet over the following centuries, and by the middle of the 19th century the Malayalam alphabet had attained its current form.
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