1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
1.10 Derived From
Prakrit 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
Devanagari
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
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
ഹലോ (halēā)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
നന്ദി (nandi)
3.3 How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
कृपया (kripayā)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
വിട (viṭa)
3.11 I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Not present
Judeo-Malayalam
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Israel, kerala
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
Pandy Malayalam
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
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?
14.10 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
14.10 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
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
Vedic Sanskrit
No early form
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
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