Middle Malayalam

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Middle Malayalam
മധ്യകാലമലയാളം
PronunciationMadhyakālamalayāḷam
RegionKerala
EraDeveloped into Modern Malayalam by the 15th century
Dravidian
  • Tamil-Malayalam
    • Middle Malayalam
Early form
Kolezhuthu, Malayanma, Grantha
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone

Middle Malayalam is the period of the

Malayalam language spanning from 13th century to 15th century AD.[1][2]

The works including

Zamorin of Calicut, also belong to Middle Malayalam.[4][3]

The

Chera Perumal kings as well as the upper-caste (Nambudiri) villages).[8] It was an inscriptional language and there was not any literary work of its own, with possible exceptions of Ramacharitam and Thirunizhalmala.[9] However the Malayalam literature completely got diverged from the contemporary Tamil literature by the period of Middle Malayalam.[7] The Middle Malayalam period marked the commencement of the unique traits of Malayalam literature.[3][4] The literary works written in Middle Malayalam were heavily influenced by Sanskrit and Prakrit, while comparing them with the modern Malayalam literature.[3][4]

Notes

  1. ISBN 9788120606036
    – via Google Books.
  2. ISBN 9788126012213
    – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e Dr. K. Ayyappa Panicker (2006). A Short History of Malayalam Literature. Thiruvananthapuram: Department of Information and Public Relations, Kerala.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-8126415885
    .
  5. ISBN 978-0-520-22821-4
    .
  6. ^ Ke Rāmacandr̲an Nāyar (1971). Early Manipravalam: a study. Anjali. Foreign Language Study. pp. 78
  7. ^ a b Kerala (India), Dept. of Public Relations (2003), District Handbooks of Kerala: Pathanamthitta (Volume 7 of District Handbooks of Kerala, Kerala (India). Dept. of Public Relations
  8. ISBN 9788188765072
    .
  9. ^ Ayyar, L. V. Ramaswami (1936). The Evolution of Malayalam Morphology (1st ed.). Trichur: Rama Varma Research Institute. p. 3.

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