Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Tamil
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5360
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1519
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4141
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Waddar
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Chenchu
Where They Speak
India
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
338
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
malayalam
télougou
German Name
Malayalam
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Telugu people
Origin
9th Century
c. 575
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Telugu
Language Position
2915
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
tel
ISO 639 2/B
mal
tel
ISO 639 3
mal
tel
ISO 639 6
mal
tel
Glottocode
mala1464
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-