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 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 The film will be released in India on June 2, 2023 in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Bengali versions. —

Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 May 2023 In 2022, south Indian films, from the language groups Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, together accounted for 53% of box office, the Hindi-language Bollywood 35% and other Indian languages 5%. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 May 2023 That’s because the right candidate will be well-versed in Malayalam and Kannada, two Dravidian languages spoken by 35 million and 44 million people, respectively, in certain regions of South India, according to Wikipedia. —

Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2023 The Malayalam language news platform had sought to overturn the January 2022 decision of prime minister Narendra Modi’s government to cancel a broadcasting licence issued to it. —

Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2023 The film will be made in the Bengali language with several different local dialects and will be dubbed into the Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023 The first part of the thriller with a romantic undercurrent is expected to be released worldwide on Sept. 23 in its original Telugu language and dubbed Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and English-language versions. —

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Mar. 2023 See More

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