Malayali people

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The Malayali people are an ethnolinguistic group from the Indian state of Kerala and surrounding regions, primarily known for speaking the Malayalam language and maintaining a distinct cultural heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
social group ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culture Kerala culture ⓘ
demographicGroupIn Kerala ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn Kerala ⓘ
diaspora Australia ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnicity Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
nativeTo India ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Kodagu district ⓘ
Lakshadweep ⓘ
Mahé ⓘ
Tulu Nadu ⓘ
notableLanguage Malayalam literature ⓘ
populationCenter Kochi ⓘ
Kozhikode ⓘ
Malappuram ⓘ
Thiruvananthapuram ⓘ
Thrissur ⓘ
primaryLanguage Malayalam ⓘ
region Kerala ⓘ
South India ⓘ
relatedGroup Dravidian peoples ⓘ
Kannadiga people ⓘ
linked to: Kannada people

Tamil people ⓘ
Telugu people ⓘ
Tulu people ⓘ
linked to: Tuluva people
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scriptOrigin Brahmi script (indirectly) ⓘ
stateLanguageOf Kerala ⓘ
Lakshadweep (Malayalam) ⓘ
traditionalCuisine Appam ⓘ
Fish curry ⓘ
Puttu ⓘ
Sadya ⓘ
traditionalDance Kathakali ⓘ
Mohiniyattam ⓘ
Theyyam ⓘ
Thiruvathirakali ⓘ
traditionalDress Mundu ⓘ
Settu sari ⓘ
traditionalFestival Christmas (among Christians) ⓘ
linked to: Christmas

Eid (among Muslims) ⓘ
linked to: Eid al-Fitr

Onam ⓘ
Thrissur Pooram ⓘ
Vishu ⓘ
traditionalMusic Carnatic music ⓘ
Sopana Sangeetham ⓘ
traditionalSport Vallam Kali ⓘ
linked to: Vallamkali
traditionalTheatre Chakyar Koothu ⓘ
Koodiyattam ⓘ
writingSystem Grantha script (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Grantha script

Malayalam script ⓘ
Vatteluttu (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Vatteluttu

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Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malayalam script → usedByCommunity → Malayali people ⓘ
Indian Malaysians → majorAncestralGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
South Asian ethnic groups → includesEthnicGroup → Malayalis ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Dravidian peoples → majorEthnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
Malabar Independent Syrian Church → primaryMembershipEthnicity → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Karthika Deepam → celebratedBy → Malayali Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Bhogi → observedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
Onam → associatedWithCommunity → Malayali people ⓘ
Onam → observedBy → Malayali Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Onam → alsoObservedBy → Malayali Christians ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Onam → alsoObservedBy → Malayali Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Subramanya → worshippedBy → Malayali Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Vishu → observedBy → Malayalis ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Vishu → observedBy → Malayali diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Mira Nair → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Malayali people → ethnicity → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Indian Singaporeans → subgroup → Malayalee Singaporeans ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Malankara → associatedWithEthnoReligiousGroup → Malayali Christians ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Geevarghese Ivanios → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Zamorin of Calicut → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Zarina Wahab → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Aryamba → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
P. J. Joseph → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Mollywood → distributionMarket → Malayali diaspora ⓘ
subject linked to: Mollywood (Malayalam cinema)
linked to: Malayali people
Kesavananda Bharati → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Kolathunadu → ethnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
Kakkadan Nandanath Raj → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Malayalam calendar → usedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
Rama Varma Kulashekhara → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Cochin royal family → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Chingam → observedBy → Malayali people ⓘ
Thiruvonam → celebratedBy → Malayalis ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Pookalam → isPracticedBy → Malayali Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Subramaniam → isUsedByEthnicGroup → Malayali people ⓘ
Kumaraswamy → veneratedBy → Malayali Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Kamala Das → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Shoba → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Devan → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
A. J. John → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Shalini → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Mattancherry → associatedWithCommunity → Malayali Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Ramachandran → usedByCommunity → Malayali people ⓘ
Kurumbranad → ethnicGroup → Malayalis ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Vishukkani → associatedWith → Malayali people ⓘ
Vishukkani → performedBy → Malayali Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Kalyani Menon → ethnicGroup → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Bhattathiri → ethnicAssociation → Malayali ⓘ
linked to: Malayali people
Sopana Sangeetham → associatedWith → Malayali people ⓘ