Malayalam

• Alternate names: Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla Also: in Singapore -- Alealum, Malayal, Malayalani, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
• Scriptures published: Bible (1841--2004) New Testament (1829--1995) Portions (1811--1968)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: India
• Region: Kerala, Laccadive Islands, neighboring states
• Also used in: Bahrain, Canada, Fiji, Israel, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
• Religion: Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jewish
• Status: Statutory provincial language in India
• Number of users: 33,534,600 (33,000,000 in India (2001); 10,000 in Singapore)

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Malayalam
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Malayalam on the web
• Joshua Project: Malayalam — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Malayalam — detailed linguistic information.