Does Malayalam deserve classical language status?

For being conferred with a classical status, the Government of India stipulates certain conditions/criteria. The language has to be more than 1500 years old. Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam have satisfied all these conditions. On the basis of population it is found that Malayalam ranks fourth.

Which year Malayalam declared as the classical language?

2013
Malayalam was designated a “Classical Language of India” in 2013.

What are the characteristics of a classical language?

The characteristics of Greek and Latin literature, by and large, are: Antiquity, Harmony, Clarity, Restraint, Serenity, Idealism, Universality, Reason, Order and Humanism. The Sahitya Akademi’s expert committee mentioned four criteria for a classical language.

What is the position of Malayalam language in the world?

Malayalam is the mother tongue of 3.5 crores of people’; and it takes the 27th place in the list of world languages spoken by the largest number of people.

Which is the first classical language in India?

Tamil
The first language to be accorded with that status is Tamil. Tamil was declared classical language back in 2004. As per Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India, 22 languages have been recognised as Scheduled languages.

Is English a classical language?

Is English is an example of classical language. No. In the context of traditional European Classical studies, the “Classical Languages” refer to Ancient Greek and Latin. In terms of worldwide cultural importance, Edward Sapir in Language (1921) would extend the list by Chinese, Arabic, and Sanskrit.

Which is the first classical language?

Which is the first Indian language to be given a classical language status? Six languages in India namely Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia have been given the status of classical language. The first language to be accorded with that status is Tamil.