Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Mon
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4133
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
India
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Intha
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Burma
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
malayalam
birman
German Name
Malayalam
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Bamar people
Origin
9th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Burmese
Language Position
2943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
mya
ISO 639 2/B
mal
bur
ISO 639 3
mal
mya
ISO 639 6
mal
mya
Glottocode
mala1464
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating