Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
West Java
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Indonesia
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bogor
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
malayalam
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
9th Century
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available