Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
sorry
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
malayalam
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic