Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
English Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Helô
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Diolch
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Nos da
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Bore da
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Hwyl
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Argentina
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
India
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Powys
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Cymraeg
French Name
malayalam
gallois
German Name
Malayalam
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Welsh people
Origin
9th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Welsh
Language Position
2931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
cym
ISO 639 2/B
mal
wel
ISO 639 3
mal
cym
ISO 639 6
mal
cym
Glottocode
mala1464
wels1247
Linguasphere
No data available
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional