1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit 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
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA16,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Tharu Bhojpuri
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
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
59-AAF-sa
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