Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
malayalam
  
marathe
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available