Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malayalam
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1561
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic