The language belongs to the family of Dravidian languages.

Malayalam is the only among the major Dravidian languages without diglossia.

His dictionary has been described as "monumental" in a review of the work on Dravidian languages.

Its seven places of articulation are the most for any Dravidian language.

Dravidian languages are spoken by more than 200 million people.

For instance, most Dravidian languages have 5 short and 5 long vowels.

A map showing where Dravidian languages are spoken today appears to the right.

Ellis is most noted for being the first scholar to recognize the Dravidian languages as a separate language family.

Verbs in old Dravidian languages did not have any person marking.

The case is found in some Dravidian languages.