1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
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
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Brahmic family and derivatives
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
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
ഹലോ (halēā)
3.2 Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
നന്ദി (nandi)
3.3 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
വിട (viṭa)
3.11 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Pothohari
Judeo-Malayalam
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
France, kerala
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Malayalam
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Availble
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early form
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology