1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Meghalaya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Bangladesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not Available
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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
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1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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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
Bengali, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kumno phi long?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
thia sukh
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
babha janmiet
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
babha noph-phai-sngi
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sngewbha
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Map
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ieit ieit
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
map a nga
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Cherrapunji
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Not Available
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 million0.84 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million0.84 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
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6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
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6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology