Countries
India
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
India
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
oriya
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Malayali
  
Origin
3 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic