Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
malayalam
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
19th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available