1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Indonesia
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Indonesia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.4 Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Malay language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
1.10 Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Terima kasih
നന്ദി (nandi)
3.3 How Are You?
Apa kabar?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Malam yang baik
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
mohon Untuk
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
maaf
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
Selamat tinggal
വിട (viṭa)
3.11 I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Permisi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Sundanese
Judeo-Malayalam
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Pandy Malayalam
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
France, kerala
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
163.00 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
23.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
140.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Malayalam
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology