Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Zambia
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4118
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Moni
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Zikomo
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Chonde
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
pepani
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
malayalam
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Malayalam
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Chewa people
Origin
9th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Chewa
Language Position
2927
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
nya
ISO 639 2/B
mal
nya
ISO 639 3
mal
nya
ISO 639 6
mal
nya
Glottocode
mala1464
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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