Malayalam Wikipedia

Also known as mlwiki, mlwp, mlwikipedia, ml.wikipedia.org

Malayalam-language edition of Wikipedia

AI overview

Malayalam Wikipedia is the version of Wikipedia written in Malayalam, a language spoken by millions of people in Kerala, India, and Malayalam diaspora communities worldwide. It makes free, reliable encyclopedia information accessible to Malayalam speakers who may prefer or only read content in their native language.

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In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Malayalam Wikipedia is referenced by 130 other articles, and connects out to list of Wikipedias, Malayalam and Punjabi Wikipedia.

It is catalogued under topics including Internet properties established in 2002, Malayalam encyclopedias and Malayalam-language mass media.

Its subject is documented across 53 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Type of site: Internet encyclopedia project
Available in: Malayalam
Owner: Wikimedia Foundation
Url: ml.wikipedia.org
Commercial: No
Registration: Optional
Launched: 21 December 2002 ; 23 years ago ( 2002-12-21 )
Content license: Creative Commons Attribution/, Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL ), Media licensing varies

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Wikidata facts

Official name: മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ
Owned by: Wikimedia Foundation
Operator: Wikimedia Foundation
Official website: ml.wikipedia.org
Image: Malayalam Wikipedia main page screenshot 15.12.2013.png

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product or material produced: online encyclopedia
Commons category: Malayalam Wikipedia
language of work or name: Malayalam
inception: 2002-12-21
copyright license: GNU Free Documentation License
IRC channel URL: irc://irc.freenode.net/#wikipedia-ml
Wikimedia language code: ml
writing system: Malayalam script
number of records: 87786
API endpoint URL: ml.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
DuckDuckGo bang: wml
random page URL: ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82:%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%82

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Encyclopedic overview

The Malayalam Wikipedia (Malayalam: മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ, romanized: Malayalam Vikkipediya) is the Malayalam edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia, and was launched on 21 December 2002. The project is the leading Wikipedia among other South Asian language Wikipedias in various quality matrices. It has grown to be a wiki containing 88,077 articles as of June 2026, and ranks 13th in terms of depth among Wikipedias.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malayalam Wikipedia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.