1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Assalām ‘alaikum
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Hach t'ochoktiya
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Hach ch'i
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kashtawari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Pogul and Paristan valleys
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million5.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million5.42 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
Kashmiris or koshur
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology