Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
malayalam
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Georgians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic