1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.9 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
2.11 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
2.13 Speaking Continents
2.14 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3.2 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
3.4 Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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.
3.5 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
3.6 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
4 Alphabets
4.1 Alphabets in
4.2 Alphabets
4.5 Phonology
4.5.1 How Many Vowels
4.5.4 How Many Consonants
4.12 Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
4.13 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
4.14 Hard to Learn
4.14.1 Language Levels
4.14.4 Time Taken to Learn
9 Greetings
9.1 Hello
9.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
നന്ദി (nandi)
9.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
9.5 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
9.6 Good Evening
Manheru
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
9.7 Good Afternoon
Masikati
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
9.8 Good Morning
Mangwanani
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
9.9 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
9.10 Sorry
Ndineurombo
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
9.11 Bye
9.12 I Love You
Ndinokuda
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
9.13 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
10 Dialects
10.1 Dialect 1
10.1.1 Where They Speak
10.2.1 How Many People Speak
10.3 Dialect 2
10.4.1 Where They Speak
10.4.3 How Many People Speak
10.6 Dialect 3
10.7.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
France, kerala
10.7.2 How Many People Speak
11.2 Total No. Of Dialects
13 How Many People Speak
13.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
13.5 Speaking Population
13.7 Native Speakers
8.30 million38.00 million
0.13
873
13.8.1 Second Language Speakers
15.3.4 Native Name
Not Available
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
15.3.5 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
15.3.6 French Name
15.3.7 German Name
15.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
15.5 Ethnicity
16 History
16.1 Origin
16.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
16.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
16.2.2 Branch
16.3 Language Forms
16.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early form
16.3.2 Standard Forms
16.3.3 Language Position
18.7.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
18.8 Scope
19 Code
19.1 ISO 639 1
19.2 ISO 639 2
19.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
19.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
19.3 ISO 639 3
19.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
19.5 Glottocode
19.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
19.7 Types of Language
19.7.1 Language Type
19.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
19.7.3 Language Morphological Typology