Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Manipur
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
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Meithei
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Meithei Sign Language
ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
Glottocode
mala1464
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Malayalam and Meithei 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 Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Meithei Speaking population
Malayalam and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 %. 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 Meithei on Malayalam vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Meithei Language Codes
Malayalam and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.