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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malayalam
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Malayalam and Sanskrit Speaking population
Malayalam and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Sanskrit on Malayalam vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Sanskrit Language Codes
Malayalam and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.