Malayalam

noun

Mal·a·ya·lam ˌma-lə-ˈyä-ləm

ˌmä-

: the Dravidian language of Kerala, southwest India, closely related to Tamil

Examples of Malayalam in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The film was first made in 2013 in the Malayalam language, starring Mohanlal and Meena, before being remade in Hindi with Ajay Devgn and Tabu in the lead roles in 2015. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024 Fatehi made her name across India performing what are known as item songs — special musical numbers inserted into a movie — in numerous Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. —

Marc Schneider, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2024 Hitherto a Kannada-language specialist, KRG is now expanding across the four southern Indian languages that also include Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024 Beyond North Indian language Hindi, Disney+ Hotstar is developing a slate in the South India’s Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024 All the films will also be available in versions dubbed in the other three southern Indian languages — Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada — and in most cases in northern Indian language Hindi as well. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024 It was filmed in real-life settings across Kerala and New Delhi and is primarily in the Malayalam, Hindi and English languages. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024 Dravidian languages, such as Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, have no historical relationship and virtually no linguistic similarities to the Indo-Aryan languages of the north. —

Phillip M. Carter, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023 The film will release in the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2023

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