Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
malayalam
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available