Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4115
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Khurumjari
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Nongale haugatl
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Saobiganu
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Chatcharage
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Loi
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Pangal
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
malayalam
Meithei
German Name
Malayalam
Meithei
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Meithei people
Origin
9th Century
1700
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2938
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
mni
ISO 639 2/B
mal
mni
ISO 639 3
mal
mni
ISO 639 6
mal
mni
Glottocode
mala1464
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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