Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Marathi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Namaskar
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
kaso assa?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Not Available
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Chike
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Maf kor
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Antruz
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Goa
Dialect 2
Mappila
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Not present
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
malayalam
konkani
German Name
Malayalam
Konkani
Pronunciation
Not Available
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Malayali
Konkanis
Origin
9th Century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
goan1235
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Malayalam and Konkani Speaking population
Malayalam and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Konkani on Malayalam vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Konkani Language Codes
Malayalam and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.