Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4123
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Hola
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Gràcies
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Bona nit
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Bon dia
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sisplau
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Perdó!
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Adéu
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Caló
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Mappila
Valencian
Where They Speak
India
Spain
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Spain
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
català
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
malayalam
catalan; valencien
German Name
Malayalam
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Malayali
Catalan people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1028
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
2932
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
cat
ISO 639 2/B
mal
cat
ISO 639 3
mal
cat
ISO 639 6
mal
cat
Glottocode
mala1464
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-