Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Salama!
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Misaotra
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Maraina tsara
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
azafady
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Miala tsiny
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Veloma!
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Merina
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
India
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
France, kerala
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How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
malayalam
malgache
German Name
Malayalam
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Malagasy people
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
standard Malagasy
Language Position
2984
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ml
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
mal
mlg
ISO 639 3
mal
mlg
ISO 639 6
mal
mlg
Glottocode
mala1464
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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