Countries
Madagascar
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
-
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- 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
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2041
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Misaotra
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
azafady
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Veloma!
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Azafady
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Merina
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Mappila
Where They Speak
Sakalava
India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
-
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
malgache
malayalam
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Malayali
Origin
1000 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Malayalam
Language Position
8429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
mal
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
mal
ISO 639 3
mlg
mal
ISO 639 6
mlg
mal
Glottocode
mala1537
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic