Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
malayalam
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic