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# Ajith Kumar

**Ajith Kumar** (born 1 May 1970) is an Indian actor. He works in Tamil cinema. He has starred in over 60 films in Tamil His awards Include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film awards. in addition to his acting, Kumar is also a motor car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010).
# Nayanthara

| Nayanthara |
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| Nayanthara in 2023 |
| Born | Diana Mariam Kurian  (1984-11-18) 18 November 1984 Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Alma mater | Mar Thoma College (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Producer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Works | Jawan |
| Spouse |
Vignesh Shivan ​(m. 2022)​ |
| Children | 2 |
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**Nayanthara** (born **Diana Mariam Kurian**; 18 November 1984) is an Indian actress and movie producer who works mostly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. In 2023, Nayanthara did her first Bollywood film through the film *Jawan*, starring alongside Shahrukh Khan. she is a recipient of Five Filmfare award south.

She made her acting debut*(first appearance in public)* with the Malayalam film *Manassinakkare* in 2003. She has appeared in more than 80 films. She is also called as the "Lady Superstar" of Indian cinema.
# Malayalam

| Malayalam |
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| *malayāḷaṁ* |
| മലയാളം |
| *Malayalam* in Malayalam script |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mahé (Puducherry) |
| Ethnicity | Malayali |
| Native speakers | 38 million (2011) |
| Language family | Dravidian
* Southern Dravidian
	+ Tamil–Kannada
		- Tamil–Kodagu
			* **Malayalam**
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| Writing system | * Malayalam script (Brahmic)
* Malayalam Braille
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| Official status |
| Official language in |  India
* Kerala
* Puducherry (Mahé)
* Lakshadweep
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| Regulated by | Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala |
| Language codes |
| ISO 639-1 | `ml` |
| ISO 639-2 | `mal` |
| ISO 639-3 | `mal` |
| *Glottolog* | `mala1464` |
| Linguasphere | `49-EBE-ba` |
| Malayalam-speaking area |

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| Constitutionally recognised languages of India |
| Category |
| Scheduled Languages |
| **A**

Assamese

**B**

Bengali

Bodo

**D**

Dogri

**G**

Gujarati

**H**

Hindi

**K**

Kannada

Kashmiri

Konkani

**M**

Maithili

Malayalam

Marathi

Meitei (Manipuri)

**N**

Nepali

**O**

Odia (Oriya)

**P**

Punjabi

**S**

Sanskrit

Santali

Sindhi

**T**

Tamil

Telugu

**U**

Urdu |
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Official languages of India

Languages with official status in India |

Spoken Malayalam
Man spoken Malayalam in recorded on Cape Town, South Africa.
**Malayalam** is a language. Most people that speak Malayalam live in Kerala, in India. A speaker of Malayalam is called a *Malayali*.
Malayalam (/malayALam/) is the main language of the South Indian state of Kerala and also of the Lakshadweep Islands (Laccadives) of the west coast of India.

Malayalis (speakers of Malayalam), who - males and females alike - are almost totally literate, constitute 4 percent of the population of India and 96 percent of the population of Kerala (29.01 million in 1991).

In terms of the number of speakers, Malayalam ranks eighth among the 18 major languages of India.

Malyalam language has 52 phonemes. A few of the phonemes are unique for Malayalam.

The word /malayALam/ originally meant mountainous country (/mala/- mountain + /aLam/-place). Tamil Nadu is its neighbour on the south and east and Karnataka on the north and east.