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Which of the following works contributed to the development of Malayalam?
A) Krishnagatha by Cherussery.
B) Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu by Ezhuthachan.
C) Thullal literature of Kunchan Nambiar.
D) All of the above.

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Hint: Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian territory of Kerala and the association domains of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry by the Malayali public. It is one of 22 booked dialects of India spoken by almost 2.88% of Indians.

Complete answer:
Krishnagatha is a sonnet written in Malayalam language; it has a place with the graceful structure Gatha. The creator of the sonnet is accepted to be Cherusseri Namboothiri, who lived in Cherusseri close to Vadakara in Kerala, India. It manages the tale of Krishna.

Adhyathmaramayanam Kilippattu is the most well known Malayalam variant of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. It is accepted to have been composed by Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan in the mid seventeenth century,[1] and is viewed as an example of Malayalam writing and a significant book throughout the entire existence of Malayalam language.
Kunchan Nambiar is known to have composed 64 thullal stories. He additionally grew new meters (for instance; Vaytari meters) in view of the vocal documentation for different talas. The language is predominantly Malayalam with a huge admixture of casual and colloquial structures.

Krishnagatha by Cherussery, Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu and Mahabharatham Kilippattu by Ezhuthachan, Thullal writing of Kunchan Nambiar, and so on added to the advancement of the Malayalam language.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: It is for the most part accepted that Malayalam has advanced from Tamil. Sanskrit additionally has enormously affected the advancement of Malayalam. Vattezhuthu and Kolezhuthu were the contents used to compose old Malayalam.