1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
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
Latin
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
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
binu
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million28.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Yorùbá
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Yariba, Yooba
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
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
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
Yoruba Sign Language
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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating