Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5349
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4135
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Badaga
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Urali
Where They Speak
India
kerala
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Kurumba
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
malayalam
kannada
German Name
Malayalam
Kannada
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Kannadiga
Origin
9th Century
c. 450
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
kan
ISO 639 2/B
mal
kan
ISO 639 3
mal
kan
ISO 639 6
mal
kan
Glottocode
mala1464
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-