Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malayalam
  
mongol
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available