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
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Malayalam and Burmese Speaking population
Malayalam and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Malayalam vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Burmese Language Codes
Malayalam and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.