Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malayalam
  
albanais
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Albanians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic