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Malayalam Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
41
Rank: 30 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Mappila
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
38.00 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.57 %
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
38.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
malayalam
5.3.5 German Name
Malayalam
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Malayalam
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
29
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ml
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mal
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mal
7.3 ISO 639 3
mal
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mala1464
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic

Origin of Malayalam language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Malayalam language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Malayalam language states that it was put to use in 9th Century. The history of Malayalam language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Malayalam Language History.The evolution of Malayalam language began with early forms such as No early form. Malayalam is the standard form of Malayalam language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Malayalam Language.

Malayalam population

Malayalam population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Malayalam language. Malayalam language is spoken by 38.00 million people in the world. Most of the Malayalam population lies in the Malayalam Speaking Countries. Malayalam language is spoken as first language by 38.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Malayalam as second language. Get to know Malayalam speaking population in detail.

Malayalam writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Malayalam writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Malayalam language. Some languages share common writing systems. Brahmic family and derivatives script is used by Malayalam language. Learn more about . 

Information about Malayalam language

Check out all the information about Malayalam language here. You may find it interesting to learn Malayalam Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Malayalam Speaking Countries, Malayalam speaking continents and Malayalam Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Malayalam countries knowing common Malayalam Greetings will help you in communicating with Malayalam people.

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