1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Xhosa 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?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Mappila
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
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 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Isizulu, Zunda
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
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 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
99-AUT-fg
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