Malayalam gets global push, new status in Germany

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Malayalam is set to get its first big global push.In October, the University of Tubingen in Germany will be setting up a chair dedicated to the teaching of and research in Malayalam. It is being named after Hermann Gundert, a missionary scholar who lived and worked in Tellichery in the 19th century and did trailblazing work in codifying Malayalam grammar and writing its first dictionary.

Malayalam gets global push, new status in Germany - The Times of India