1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Iran
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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
Perso-Arabic 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)
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Mihrabani kan
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
mana bebahgsh
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Eastern Balochi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Southern Balochi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million7.60 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
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European 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
58-AAB-a
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