<page_title> Ethnic groups in Kerala </page_title> <section_title> List of mother tongues spoken in Kerala by number of speakers </section_title> <table> <cell> Malayalam <col_header> Language </col_header> </cell> <cell> 28,096,376 <col_header> No. of speakers </col_header> </cell> <cell> 96.66 <col_header> % of population </col_header> </cell> </table>
There were 28,096,376 speakers of Malayalam in Kerala, making up 96.66% of the total population of Kerala.