Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Czech Republic
  
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
malayalam
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating