Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
alo
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
multumesc
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
ce mai faci?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
noapte Buna
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
buna Ziua
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
bună Dimineața
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Vă Rog
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
scuze
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
La revedere
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
India
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Croatia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Română
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
malayalam
roumain; moldave
German Name
Malayalam
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Romanians
Origin
9th Century
1521
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Romanian
Language Position
2936
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
ron
ISO 639 2/B
mal
rum
ISO 639 3
mal
ron
ISO 639 6
mal
ron
Glottocode
mala1464
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic