1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
German and English Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
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
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
hoe gaat het met je?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
goede Nacht
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
goedenavond
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
goedemiddag
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
goedemorgen
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
alsjeblieft
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ik hou van jou
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
pardon
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Netherlands
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA590,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Limburgian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Belgium, Netherlands
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,300,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million22.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Nederlands
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Hollands, Nederlands
5.3.4 French Name
malayalam
néerlandais; flamand
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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
52-ACB-a
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