Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5323
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4119
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Ola
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Grazas
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Que tal estás?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Boas noites
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Boa tarde
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Bos días
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Por favor
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Síntoo!
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Adeus
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ámote
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Central Galician
Where They Speak
India
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Western Galician
Where They Speak
France, kerala
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Galego
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Galego, Gallego
French Name
malayalam
galicien
German Name
Malayalam
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Galician people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Galician
Language Position
2946
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
glg
ISO 639 2/B
mal
glg
ISO 639 3
mal
glg
ISO 639 6
mal
glg
Glottocode
mala1464
gali1258
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-