1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Myanmar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Myanmar
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Mon
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali 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
Tangut
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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Arakanese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million43.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
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
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese 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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating