Without Nannaya, Telugu would lack a formal grammatical foundation. He elevated the language from a colloquial tool to a vehicle for divine literature.
These poets are credited with the foundational development of the Malayalam language through the (devotional) movement: Niti Satakam In Sanskrit kavithrayam
Ezhuthachan lived in a time when the Brahminical hegemony over knowledge was absolute. He revolutionized literature by simplifying the language and developing the Malayalam script (known as Vattezhuthu ) to its current form to better suit the local phonetics. Without Nannaya, Telugu would lack a formal grammatical
If the Niranam Poets planted the seed, (fl. 16th century) watered it and helped it bloom. He is universally acclaimed as the "Father of the Malayalam language." kavithrayam