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
Not Available
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Namaskara
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
yedde kaande
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Yenna thapu aandu
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Tamil Nadu
Where They Speak
India
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Girijan
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Tamil Nadu
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
malayalam
Not Available
German Name
Malayalam
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Tuluva
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Tulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mal
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mal
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Malayalam and Tulu Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Tulu Speaking population
Malayalam and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Tulu on Malayalam vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Tulu Language Codes
Malayalam and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.