1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Kannada Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Kannada Script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Mast Upakara.
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Yencha Ullar?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
yedde rathre
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
yedde baiyya
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
yedde madhyana
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
yedde kaande
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Daya maltadu
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Yenna thapu aandu
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Kshamisi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Brahmin tulu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Tamil Nadu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million1.70 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million1.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology