1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Indonesia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Indonesia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Malay language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Malay and Dutch Languages
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
നന്ദി (nandi)
Terima kasih
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Apa kabar?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Selamat Malam
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Malam yang baik
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Selamat Sore
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Selamat Pagi
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
mohon Untuk
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
maaf
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Selamat tinggal
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Aku cinta kamu
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Permisi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Sundanese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA38,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,300,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Minangkabau
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Indonesia, Malaysia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million163.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million23.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA140.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Bahasa Melayu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Bahasa Indonesia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malayalam
Bahasa Indonesia
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
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology