"Malayalam has a strong literary history, which is centuries old and is very rich in several genres of literature. The earliest known literary composition in the language is from the 13th century. Notably, the work Ramacharitam by Cheeraman is recognized by scholars as the first book in Malayalam. The first Malayalam grammar/literary treatise, Leelathilakam, was compiled in the 14th century. Malayalam also has a rich vocabulary, with around 90,000 words, listed in the dictionary ShabdathArAvalli."
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(മലയാളം, Malayāḷam ? [mɐləjaːɭəm]), is a language spoken in India, predominantly in the southern state of Kerala. It is one of the of India and was designated a in 2013. Malayalam has official status in Kerala and the union territories of and . It belongs to the and is spoken by more than 35 million people, according to the 2011 census. The fact that Malayalam is a classical language with its own tradition spanning millennia, has been recognised by the Indian par
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