Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
malayalam
  
oriya
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Odias
  
Origin
9th Century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available