Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Malayalam
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
53247
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4118
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kongu
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Kongu
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
India
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
France, kerala
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %1.06 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million70.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
malayalam
tamoul
German Name
Malayalam
Tamil
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
9th Century
300 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Tamil
Language Position
2918
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
tam
ISO 639 2/B
mal
tam
ISO 639 3
mal
tam
ISO 639 6
mal
tam
Glottocode
mala1464
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-