Countries
India, No official status
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
India
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Malayali
  
Origin
19th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic