Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
alo
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
scuze
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
malayalam
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Romanians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1521
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic