General information
Malayalam, spoken in Kerala and some bordering areas in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, is one of the most important southern languages alongside Tamil, Telugu and KannadaIndia. It belongs to the Dravidian, not the Indo-European language group. Overall, around 3.59 percent of the Indian population speak Malayalam. With a total population of over a billion, that's around 37 million people. There are also numerous Malayalis who live and work abroad, especially in the Gulf States. “In Dubai you only need one language: Malayalam! Even the signs at the airport are in Malayalam! ”Reported a friend of his first trip to the Gulf region. Around 4,000 Malayalis of the so-called "first generation" who came to Germany from Kerala live in Germany. Many of them work in healthcare.
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Additional information
- Kamp, Christina; Punnamparambil, Jose:
- Malayalam for Kerala - word for word
- Gibberish Volume 178
- Verlag Reise Know-How
- 160 pages
- Envelope flaps, grammar, idioms,
- Word lists: German - Malayalam, Malayalam - German
- ISBN 3-89416-357-7
- Pronunciation trainer on audio CD
- ISBN 3-8317-6106-X
