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Tamil languages

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Dravidian language spoken in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, India

thumb|Manipravalam used to write Malayalam Manipravalam (, ) is a macaronic language found in some manuscripts of South India. It is a hybrid language, typically written in the Grantha script, which combines Sanskrit lexicon and Tamil morpho-syntax. According to language scholars Giovanni Ciotti and Marco Franceschini, the blending of Tamil and Sanskrit is evidenced in manuscripts and their colophons over a long period of time, and this ultimately may have contributed to the emergence of Manipravalam. However, the 14th century Sanskrit work Lilatilakam states that Manipravalam is a combination

Dravidian language mainly spoken by the Yerukala tribe

Tamil languages

Dravidian language group

Hindu sacred symbol dedicated to Lord Ganesha

Southern Dravidian language of Kerala, India