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IsiMalayalam siwulimi lwaseSouthern Dravidian olukhulunywa ikakhulukazi esifundazweni saseKerala eningizimu yeNdiya, kanye naseTamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Lakshadweep, Puducherry kanye nase-Andaman naseNicobar Islands. Ngo-2011 bekunabakhuluma isiMalayalam ababalelwa ezigidini ezingama-35.5 eNdiya.

Kukhona abakhuluma isiMalayalam emazweni amaningana, ahlanganisa: I-UAE (isigidi esingu-1), iSri Lanka (732,000), iMalaysia (344,000), i-Oman (212,000), i-USA (146,000), i-Qatar (71,600) ne-Australia (53,200) .

I-Malayalam yaziwa nangokuthi i-Alealum, i-Malayalani, i-Malayali, i-Malean, i-Maliyad, i-Mallealle noma i-Mopla. Igama elithi Malayalam lisho "isifunda sezintaba", futhi livela ku-mala (intaba) kanye ne-alam (isifunda). Igama langempela lalibhekiselwa ezweni lobukhosi bakwaChera (ngekhulu lesi-2 BC - ngekhulu lesi-3 AD), elihambisana neKerala yesimanje neTamil Nadu, futhi kamuva lasetshenziswa ukubhekisa olimini.