Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Not present
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Not present
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Not present
Where They Speak
France, kerala
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
malayalam
sanskrit
German Name
Malayalam
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
9th Century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early form
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
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Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mala1464
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Malayalam and Sanskrit Speaking population
Malayalam and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit on Malayalam vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Sanskrit Language Codes
Malayalam and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.