Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
41
Rank: 30 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
Rank: 19 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Where They Speak
India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
Rank: 17 (Overall)
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
Rank: 16 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %
Rank: 29 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
malayalam
German Name
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Origin
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
Branch
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Language Position
29
Rank: 27 (Overall)
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
ISO 639 2/B
mal
ISO 639 3
mal
ISO 639 6
mal
Glottocode
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic