Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
China
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
China
  
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
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
birdam
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
kachurung
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
China
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
India
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
8.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
malayalam
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
9th Century
  
11
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available