Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
su prabat
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
kripya
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
malayalam
  
dogri
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Dogras
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1971
  
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
  
Dogri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available