Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
litovat
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
malayalam
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Czechs
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic