1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Marathi
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit 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
Devanagari
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
നന്ദി (nandi)
Dev Borem Korum
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
kaso assa?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Rati Boren Zavonn
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Dis Borem Zavonn
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Maf kor
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
hav tujo mog korta.
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
upkar korxi
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
Not present
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Not Available
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 million7.40 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million7.40 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Kōṅkaṇī
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European 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
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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