English grammar pdf in malayalam

Hermann Gundert’s Malayala bhasaa vyaakaranam first published in 1851 and the revised and enlarged version coming out in 1868 was the first proper grammatical treatise of Malayalam. Except some brief treatises in Portuguese, Latin and English authored by missionaries, up to 19th century Malayalam did not have a proper grammar. This, however, is not a work of grammar as such, but deals mainly with rhetoric as applied to Manipravaalam, the literary language that was an admixture of Malayalam and Sanskrit.

Liilaatilakam, dated to the closing years of 14th century, is generally considered as the earliest treatise referring to grammatical structures of Malayalam. A GRAMMAR OF MALAYALAM 1 Preface The grammatical tradition in Malayalam, compared to the three other major Dravidian languages, is neither extensive nor ancient. Language in India ISSN 1930-2940 12 : 11 November 2012 Ravi Sankar S Nair, Ph.D. LANGUAGE IN INDIA ISSN 1930-2940 A GRAMMAR OF MALAYALAM Ravi Sankar S Nair, Ph.D.