Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
malayalam
  
birman
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating