Lingua Malabar Tamul
Lingua Malabar Tamul or simply Malabar Tamil is a variant of Tamil language promoted by European Missionaries in present-day Kerala before they started promoting Malayalam language among newly converted Christians. Malabar Tamil differs significantly from standard Tamil in its selection of vocabulary. Initially Malabar Tamil was printed using Roman script. Later on, printing using Tamil script became widespread.Etymology
The word Malabar is derived from the Malayalam word "mala-baram". Mala in Malayalam means "hill". Varam means "slope" or "side of a hill".Gallery
