Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
malayalam
  
assamais
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Assamese Speaking population
Malayalam and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Malayalam and Assamese on Malayalam vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Assamese Language Codes
Malayalam and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.