Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Greek
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5338
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4132
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
212
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
India
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
France, kerala
-
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
malayalam
arménien
German Name
Malayalam
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Armenians
Origin
9th Century
late 5th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
2914
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
hye
ISO 639 2/B
mal
arm
ISO 639 3
mal
hye
ISO 639 6
mal
hye
Glottocode
mala1464
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic