Malayalam

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Malayalam
    n 1: a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is
         spoken in southwestern India

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Malayalam \Ma"la*ya"lam\, prop. n.
   The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages,
   closely related to the Tamil. --Yule.
   [1913 Webster]