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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MalayalisMalayalis - Wikipedia

    Malayalam is a language spoken by the native people of southwestern India (from Mangalore to Kanyakumari) and the islands of Lakshadweep in Arabian Sea.

  2. Mar 13, 2018 · The biggest festival celebrated by Malayalis is Onam. It is celebrated in honour of the mythical King Mahabali, who ruled over the land of the Malayalis. It spans over ten days, and celebrations are marked by decorative floral patterns at the entrance of the home.

  3. 6 days ago · Malayalis have always lived with the presence of flows of people from all over the world – travellers, merchants, religious specialists, and mercenaries.

  4. Dec 6, 2019 · Known as Malayalis, the natives of Kerala like to remain close to their old traditions, rituals, practices, and religion. It is no overstatement in the event that one says that they are amazingly proud of their rich cultural tradition and these traditions have been protected from ages.

  5. The Malayalis are a group of people of mixed ethnic heritage who speak Malayalam, a Dravidian language; they constitute the majority of the population of Kerala. Most Malayalis are descendants of the early inhabitants of India, the so-called Dravidians (speakers of Dravidian languages), who were driven….

  6. Malayalis are the native people of Kerala who speak Malayalam, the official language of the state. The Malayalam language is a Dravidian language which is spoken by 45 million people. Similar to other major languages, modern Malayalam includes loanwords from Arabic , Portuguese , and in more recent times English. [7]

  7. The Malayali Diaspora refers to the Malayali people who live outside their homeland of the Indian state of Kerala and the Union Territories of Mahé, India and Lakshadweep. [18] They are predominantly found in the Persian Gulf, North America, Europe, Australia, Caribbean, Africa and other regions around the world.

  8. www.wikiwand.com › en › MalayalisMalayalis - Wikiwand

    The Malayali people are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group originating from the present-day state of Kerala in India, occupying its southwestern Malabar coast. They form the majority of the population in Kerala and Lakshadweep. They are predominantly native speakers of the Malayalam language, one of the six classical languages of India.

  9. www.encyclopedia.com › humanities › encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-mapsMalayali | Encyclopedia.com

    Malayalis, who may simply be defined as those people who speak the Dravidian language Malayalam (the Kerala state language, closely related to Tamil), include not only a diversity of Hindu castes but the Muslim Mappilas, the Syrian Christians, the Cochin Jews, and others besides.

  10. Oct 11, 2020 · Being Malayalis, who are geographically located ‘outside’ of Kerala, has caused some amount of identity crisis, they say.