Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.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)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
malayalam
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
9th Century
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic