Middle Malayalam
Middle Malayalam is the period of the Malayalam language spanning from 13th century to 15th century AD. The traces of the adjuncts of verbs had disappeared by this period.[1] The Jains also seemed to have encouraged the study of the Malayalam language.[2]
| Middle Malayalam | |
|---|---|
| മധ്യകാലമലയാളം | |
| Pronunciation | Madhyakālamalayāḷam |
| Region | Kerala |
| Era | Developed into Modern Malayalam by the 15th century |
Dravidian
| |
Early form | |
| Vatteluttu, then Kolezhuthu, Malayanma, Grantha | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Kannassa Ramayanam and Kannassa Bharatam by Rama Panikkar of the Niranam poets who lived between 1350 and 1450, are the clear idea of the language of the period. Ulloor, the great literary historian of Kerala, has opined that Rama Panikkar holds the same position in Malayalam literature that Edmund Spenser does in English literature.[3]
Notes
- Menon, T. K. Krishna (1939). A Primer of Malayalam Literature. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120606036 – via Google Books.
- Lal, Mohan (June 6, 1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126012213 – via Google Books.
- Kerala (India), Dept. of Public Relations (2003), District Handbooks of Kerala: Pathanamthitta (Volume 7 of District Handbooks of Kerala, Kerala (India). Dept. of Public Relations
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