Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Thailand
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
terima kasih
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Selamat pagi
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
sila
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
maaf
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Musi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Not Available
French Name
malayalam
malais
German Name
Malayalam
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Not Available
Origin
9th Century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Not Available
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Malayalam and Malaysian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Malaysian Speaking population
Malayalam and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Malayalam vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Malaysian Language Codes
Malayalam and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.