Thunjatu ramanujan Ezhuthachan is the father of Malayalam . every malayalees of what ever community & what ever education universally accepts ezhuthachan as father of Malayalam & A.R.Raja raja varma as keralapanini . this two are the athoritis in malayalam. tamizh fanatics view have no value here. Ezhuthachans malayalam of 80% Sanskrit & 20% classical dravidian is THE MALAYALAM . with out that 80% Sanskrit its just classical Dravidian & not Malayalam. & stop your tulu bullshit tamizh fanatic. Read kumaranashan's literature it has more Sanskrit than ezhuthachan & hes from ezhava community & not from you tulu conspiracy theory communities. & if you doubt kumaranashan you have no place in malayalam's talk page, get lost Tamizh fanatic.& one more thing Ezhuthachan belong to chakala nair community & hes not a nair!. this community have nair name only because they were servants in nair house hold. his caste is just like ezhava caste or any other backward caste.