Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5320
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4110
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Hello
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Night pai
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Morning pai
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Tēnā
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Aroha mai
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
poroporoaki
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
India
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
France, kerala
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
New Zealand Maori
French Name
malayalam
maori
German Name
Malayalam
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Māori people
Origin
9th Century
1814
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Maori
Language Position
2926
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
mri
ISO 639 2/B
mal
mao
ISO 639 3
mal
mri
ISO 639 6
mal
mri
Glottocode
mala1464
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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