Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
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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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4127
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Laos
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Mappila
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Central Lao
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Laos
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
malayalam
lao
German Name
Malayalam
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Malayali
Lao people
Origin
9th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Lao
Language Position
2943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
lao
ISO 639 2/B
mal
lao
ISO 639 3
mal
lao
ISO 639 6
mal
lao
Glottocode
mala1464
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating