1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Philippines
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Philippines
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Hiligaynon Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Island of Cebu
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?)
Kumusta man ka?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Maayong Gabii
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Maayong Gabii
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Maayong Hapon
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Maayong Buntag
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Palihug
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Ikasubo ko
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Ekskyus mi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
North Kana
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
northern part of Leyte
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 millionNA
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Visayan
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
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
Austronesian 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
Malayalam
Standard Cebuano
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
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology