Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
South Africa
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Thank you
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
How are you?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Night
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Good Morning
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Please
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Sorry
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
I love you
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
American English
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
India
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Welsh English
Where They Speak
France, kerala
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
English
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Not Available
French Name
malayalam
anglais
German Name
Malayalam
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Malayali
Not Available
Origin
9th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
mala1464
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic