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Language code: mal

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mal

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The table below provides technical details for the Malayalam language, designated by the mal code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

mal

Name

Official

Malayalam

Native

മലയാളം

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Malabar (Northern)Central (Valluvanadan)PalakkadTravancore (Southern)
Related languages
TamilKodavaTuluIrula
Key facts
The word “Malayalam” is a palindromeIts script was officially simplified in the 1970s, greatly reducing character countThe oldest known work is the 12th-century poem “Ramacharitam”Rich sandhi rules allow smooth blending of words, influenced by Sanskrit grammarClassical metres from ancient Tamil Sangam poetry are still employed in Malayalam verse.
Sample phrase

നമസ്കാരം, നിങ്ങൾ സുഖമാണോ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Malayalam language, identified by the code mal, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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