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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
36
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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.
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
53247
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1512
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4118
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Tamil
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
23
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kongu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Mappila
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
310
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million78.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.57 %1.06 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million70.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA8.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
malayalam
tamoul
5.3.5 German Name
Malayalam
Tamil
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
300 BC
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
2918
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ml
ta
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mal
tam
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mal
tam
7.3 ISO 639 3
mal
tam
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
7.5 Glottocode
mala1464
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available

Malayalam and Tamil Alphabets

Malayalam and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and Tamil. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Malayalam and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and Tamil languages. The Malayalam phonology consist Malayalam vowels and Malayalam consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malayalam greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Malayalam and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Malayalam and Tamil Speaking population

Malayalam and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. 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 Tamil on Malayalam vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Tamil Language Codes

Malayalam and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.