English / Malayalam Dictionary (Words R Us Bi-lingual Dictionaries) - Softcover

Rigdon, John C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1976113563 ISBN 13: 9781976113567

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Malayalam is spoken by approximately 38 million people in India, predominantly in the state of Kerala. It ranks # 29 in the top 100 languages. The term ‘Malayalam’ as referring to the language of Kerala is of comparatively recent origin. To begin with, it denoted the land itself. It is probable that the term is the result of a combination of two words, mala meaning mountain and alam meaning the land or locality (which lies along side the mountain). Subsequently the synonyms Malayanma and Malayayma came into being as denoting the language of the Malayalam county and finally the name of the land itself was taken over as the name of its language. Malayalam is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and was designated as a Classical Language in India in 2013. It has official language status in the state of Kerala and in the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry. Malayalam is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; with significant speakers in the Nilgiris, Kanyakumari and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu, and Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka. Malayalam serves as a gateway language on certain islands, including the Mahl-dominated Minicoy Island. Malayalam has incorporated many elements from other languages over the years, the most notable being Sanskrit and later, English. According to Sooranad Kunjan Pillai who compiled the authoritative Malayalam lexicon, the other principal languages whose vocabulary was incorporated over the ages were Pali, Prakrit, Urdu, Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, Syriac, Dutch and Portuguese. This dictionary is extracted from our Words R Us system, a derivative of WordNet. English Wordnet, originally created by Princeton University is a lexical database for the English language. It groups words in English into sets of synonyms called synsets, provides brief definitions and usage examples, and records a series of relationships between these sets of synonyms. WordNet can be viewed as both a combination of dictionary and thesaurus. This dictionary will be indispensable for any international company doing business in areas where Malayalam is spoken. For pronunciation and definitions of the words in this book, see our website at http://www.wordsrus.info

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About the Author:

John Rigdon has authored a number of books on the Civil War and is the manager of the web site, Research OnLine, (www.researchonline.net) the premier site for researching Civil War ancestors in the Civil War. His titles include the Historical Sketch and Roster Volumes (1100 plus titles) and a dozen volumes in the "We Fought" series focusing on particular battles and commanders. Additionally John works in translation focusing on languages with minority representation and maintains the site, www.wordsrus.info. John resides in the foothills of the Appalachians outside Cartersville, GA. where he enjoys gardening and aquaponics. You may reach him at jrigdon@researchonline.net.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1976113563
• ISBN 13: 9781976113567
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132