Countries
Japan
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Japan
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
日本語
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
japonais
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Malayali
  
Origin
1185
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic