Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Cuba
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
French Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Bonjou
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Mèsi
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Bon apre-midi
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Souple
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Dezole
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Babay
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
India
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Cayes
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
malayalam
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Malayalam
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Haitians
Origin
9th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Haitian Creole
Language Position
2999
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
hat
ISO 639 2/B
mal
hat
ISO 639 3
mal
hat
ISO 639 6
mal
hat
Glottocode
mala1464
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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