Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
malayalam
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic