Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
malayalam
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
9th Century
  
12th 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
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available