31 Facts About Malayalam literature

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The first travelogue in any Indian language is the Malayalam literature Varthamanappusthakam, written by Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar in 1785.

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Malayalam literature has been presented with 6 Jnanapith awards, the second-most for any Dravidian language and the third-highest for any Indian language.

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Sangam literature can be considered as the ancient predecessor of Malayalam.

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The earliest known literary works in Malayalam literature are Ramacharitam and Thirunizhalmala, two epic poems written in Old Malayalam literature.

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Malayalam literature's poems are classified under the genre of kilippattu.

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6.

Prose literature, criticism, and Malayalam journalism began after the latter half of the 18th century CE.

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The generally held view is that Malayalam literature was the western coastal dialect Karintamil and started separation from Proto-Tamil-Malayalam literature sometime in the 8th century CE.

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The Sangam literature can be considered as the ancient predecessor of Malayalam.

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9.

Old Malayalam literature language was employed in several official records and transactions.

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10.

Old Malayalam literature had several features distinct from the contemporary Tamil, which include the Nasalisation of adjoining sounds, Substitution of palatal sounds for dental sounds, Contraction of vowels, and the Rejection of gender verbs.

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Old Malayalam literature got gradually developed into Middle Malayalam literature by the 13th century CE.

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The Malayalam literature completely got diverged from Tamil literature by this period.

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13.

Malayalam literature further eliminated excess and unnecessary letters from the modified script.

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14.

The development of modern Malayalam literature script was heavily influenced by the Tigalari script, which was used to write the Tulu language, due to the influence of Tuluva Brahmins in Kerala.

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The currently adopted Malayalam literature script is the only script in India that can be used to write any other language of India as it contain letters to denote both of the Voiced retroflex approximant and the letters unique to Sanskrit.

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The language used in the Arabi Malayalam literature works of 16th-17th century CE is a mixture of Modern Malayalam literature and Arabic.

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17.

The printing, prose literature, and Malayalam journalism, developed after the latter-half of the 18th century CE.

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18.

Malayalam literature has borrowed a lot of its words from various foreign languages, mainly from the Semitic languages including Arabic, and the European languages including Dutch and Portuguese, due to the long heritage of Indian Ocean trade and the Portuguese-Dutch colonisation in the Malabar Coast.

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Arabi Malayalam literature was the traditional Dravidian language of the Mappila Muslim community in Malabar Coast.

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The Arabi Malayalam literature script, otherwise known as the Ponnani script, is a writing system - a variant form of the Arabic script with special orthographic features - which was developed during the early medieval period and used to write Arabi Malayalam literature until the early 20th century CE.

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Malayalam literature further eliminated excess and unnecessary letters from the modified script.

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22.

The development of modern Malayalam literature script was heavily influenced by the Tigalari script, which was used to write the Tulu language, due to the influence of Tuluva Brahmins in Kerala.

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23.

The language used in the Arabi Malayalam literature works of 16th-17th century CE is a mixture of Modern Malayalam literature and Arabic.

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The currently adopted Malayalam literature script, adopted by Ezhuthachan can be used to write any other language of India as it contain letters to denote both of the Voiced retroflex approximant and the letters unique to Sanskrit.

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Malayalam literature passed through a tremendous process of development in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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26.

Ezhuthachan refined the style of Malayalam language and it was during his period that Malayalam literature attained its individuality and Malayalam became a fully fledged independent language.

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27.

Malayalam literature used pure Malayalam as opposed to the stylised and Sanskritised Malayalam language of Chakkiyar Koothu.

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28.

Malayalam literature adopted many elements from Padayani and Kolam Thullal and certain local folk arts.

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29.

The evolution of prose Malayalam literature in the early centuries was a very slow process.

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30.

Malayalam literature was closely associated with periodicals like Kerala Chandrika, Kerala Patrika, Kerala Sanchari and the English Journal Malabar Spectator.

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31.

Malayalam literature's Vasanavikriti is considered by historians and literary experts as the first short story in Malayalam literature.

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