Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- 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.
Similar To
Marathi
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskar
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Chike
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Maf kor
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Antruz
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Goa
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Not present
Mappila
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Dialect 3
Not present
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Not Available
France, kerala
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
konkani
malayalam
German Name
Konkani
Malayalam
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
Not Available
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Malayali
Origin
1209 A.D.
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Kokani
Malayalam
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ml
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Konkani and Malayalam Speaking population
Konkani and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Konkani and Malayalam on Konkani vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Malayalam Language Codes
Konkani and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.