Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5351
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4140
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Chakma
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Hajong
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Rarhi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
malayalam
bengali
German Name
Malayalam
Bengali
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
9th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Bengali
Language Position
294
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
ben
ISO 639 2/B
mal
ben
ISO 639 3
mal
ben
ISO 639 6
mal
ben
Glottocode
mala1464
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-