1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Bhojpuri Language
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
Devanagari
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?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Śubharātri
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
shubh sandhya
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Suprabhaat
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
kripaya
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
maf karai
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
kripaya
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
1.8 Dialect 3
1.8.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Deoghar, France
1.8.2 How Many People Speak
1.9 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million32.00 million
0.13
1200
2.2 Speaking Population
2.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million27.00 million
0.13
873
2.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
2.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
2.3.4 French Name
2.3.5 German Name
2.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
2.5 Ethnicity
3 History
3.1 Origin
3.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
3.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
3.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
3.3.2 Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Maithili
3.3.3 Language Position
3.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
3.4 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
4.5 Glottocode
4.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology