Lingua Malabar Tamul or simply Malabar Tamil is a variant of the Tamil language[1] promoted by European Missionaries in southern parts of Kerala state like Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts before they started promoting Malayalam language among newly converted Christians.
Initially Malabar Tamil was printed using Roman script.
[3] Later on, printing using Tamil script became widespread.
Malai in Tamil means "hill".
Bar in Persian/Arabic means "country" or "nation".