1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic 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
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
چطور هستید?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
شب بخیر
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
عصر بخیر
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
صبح به خیر
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
متاسف
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
من شما را دوست دارم
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ببخشيد!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Western Persian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Iran, Iraq
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA47,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA12,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Tajik Persian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million65.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million65.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
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
Old Persian and Middle Persian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
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-AAC-c
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