1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Burkina Faso
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Dagbani 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
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
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Laafi beme ?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Ne y yungo
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ne y zabre
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Kia ora
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Ne y yibeogo
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
gafare
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Y gafare
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Ouapadoupou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Burkina Faso
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
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Burkina Faso
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 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
Not available
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Gur (Voltaic)
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology