Ethnic groups in Kerala
List of mother tongues spoken in Kerala by number of speakers
(Excluding the tribal population)

Ethnic groups in Kerala

Section Title: List of mother tongues spoken in Kerala by number of speakers
Table Section Text: (Excluding the tribal population)

Language	No. of speakers	% of population

Malayalam	28,096,376	96.66

Tamil	616,010	2.12

Kannada	325,571	1.2

Tulu	111,670	0.38

Konkani	64,008	0.22

Telugu	47,216	0.16

Hindi	21,751	0.07

Urdu	12,625	0.04

Gujarati	6,369	0.02

English	3,002	0.01

Punjabi	2,201	0.008

Bengali	1,919	0.007

Nepali	1,312	0.005

Sindhi	1,185	0.004

Oriya	733	0.003

Dilli	277	0.001

Assamese	264	0.001

Arabic	243	0.001

Other languages	4256	0.15

Total	29,067,481	100%

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There were 28,096,376 speakers of Malayalam in Kerala, making up 96.66% of the total population of Kerala.

final_sentence: There were 28,096,376 speakers of Malayalam in Kerala, making up 96.66% of the total population of Kerala.