Countries
Indonesia
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Indonesia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
Similar To
Malay language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Terima kasih
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
mohon Untuk
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
maaf
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Permisi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Balinese
Mappila
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
indonésien
malayalam
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Malayali
Origin
7th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early form
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Indonesian and Malayalam Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Indonesian and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Malayalam Speaking population
Indonesian and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Indonesian and Malayalam on Indonesian vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Malayalam Language Codes
Indonesian and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.