Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Apache Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4134
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
22
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Nízhdził
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Arizona
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Navajo2
Where They Speak
India
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Navajo3
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Utah
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Navaho
French Name
malayalam
navaho
German Name
Malayalam
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Navajo people
Origin
9th Century
1500 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
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Athapascan
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Navajo
Language Position
2929
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
nav
ISO 639 2/B
mal
nav
ISO 639 3
mal
nav
ISO 639 6
mal
nav
Glottocode
mala1464
nava1243
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic