Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Māori Language Commission
  
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.
  
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Morning pai
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
India
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
malayalam
  
maori
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Māori people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1814
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Maori
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Maori Speaking population
Malayalam and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Maori on Malayalam vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Maori Language Codes
Malayalam and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.