Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
malayalam
  
arménien
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Armenians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic