1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Hindi Language
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
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
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
ഹലോ (halēā)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Pothohari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malayalam
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology