Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
malayalam
  
hindi
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic