Countries
Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Poland
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Aramaic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5322
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
150
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4122
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
בבקשה!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Israel
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Mappila
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
India
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Israel
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
37
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
malayalam
hébreu
German Name
Malayalam
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Hebrew-speaking people
History
Origin
9th Century
1000 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
2923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ml
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
heb
ISO 639 2/B
mal
heb
ISO 639 3
mal
heb
ISO 639 6
mal
heb
Glottocode
mala1464
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic