1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Portugal
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
1.10 Derived From
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?)
Como você está?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
boa noite
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
boa Noite
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
boa Tarde
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Por Favor
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
pesaroso
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Eu te amo
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
desculpe me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Brazilian Portuguese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Mappila
European Portuguese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Daman and Diu
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 million231.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million216.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Português
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Português
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
Portuguese people or portugueses
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
Medieval Galician
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
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
51-AAA-a
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