1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
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
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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
Malayalam
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
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
58-ABD-a
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