1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3.3 Phonology
3.3.1 How Many Vowels
1.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.3 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
2.4 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.5 Hard to Learn
2.5.1 Language Levels
1.3.3 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.2 Thank You
2.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Muli bwanji?
2.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Usiku wabwino
2.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Madzulo abwino
2.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Masana abwino
2.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
M'mawa wabwino
2.8 Please
2.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
pepani
2.10 Bye
2.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ndimakukondani
2.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Pepani
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Malawi, Zambia
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
3.6 Dialect 2
3.6.1 Where They Speak
3.6.2 How Many People Speak
5.3 Dialect 3
5.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Malawi, Zambia
5.3.2 How Many People Speak
7.4 Total No. Of Dialects
8 How Many People Speak
8.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
9.4 Speaking Population
10.2 Native Speakers
38.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
11.3.4 Second Language Speakers
12.8.1 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Nyanja
12.8.2 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
12.8.3 French Name
malayalam
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
12.8.4 German Name
12.9 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
12.10 Ethnicity
13 History
13.1 Origin
13.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
13.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
13.2.2 Branch
13.3 Language Forms
13.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
13.3.2 Standard Forms
13.3.3 Language Position
13.3.5 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
13.4 Scope
14 Code
14.1 ISO 639 1
14.2 ISO 639 2
14.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
14.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
14.3 ISO 639 3
14.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
14.5 Glottocode
14.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
14.7 Types of Language
14.7.1 Language Type
14.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
14.7.3 Language Morphological Typology