Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
How are you?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
I love you
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
American English
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
United States of America
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Mappila
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
anglais
malayalam
German Name
Englisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Malayali
Origin
5th Century AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard English
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
mala1464
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic