1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Bengali and Assamese
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
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, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Baleswari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
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
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA520,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million33.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
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
Indian Signing System
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology