1 Countries
1.1 Countries
West Java
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Indonesia
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
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
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
Latin, Sundanese
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?
Kumaha kabarna?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Hapunten
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
Wilujeng angkat
വിട (viṭa)
3.11 I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Punten
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Western dialect
Judeo-Malayalam
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
Priangan dialect
Pandy Malayalam
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
39.00 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
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
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Malayali
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th century AD
9th Century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology