Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
158
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4116
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)
Kia ora
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Kia ora
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
gafare
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
gafare
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Saremde
Where They Speak
India
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Taolende
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
malayalam
moré
German Name
Malayalam
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Mossi
Origin
9th Century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Mossi
Language Position
2937
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
mos
ISO 639 2/B
mal
mos
ISO 639 3
mal
mos
ISO 639 6
mal
mos
Glottocode
mala1464
moss1236
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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