1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- 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
Munda Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
Boge Ninda
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
Boge Setak’
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
Not Available
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
Not Available
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Not Available
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
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?
6.30 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
6.30 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Malayali
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
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