Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Latvia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
159
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4124
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Sveiki
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Paldies
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Labdien
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Labrīt
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
lūdzu
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Piedodiet!
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Livonian
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Latvia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Mappila
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
India
Latvia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
High Latvian
Where They Speak
France, kerala
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Lettish
French Name
malayalam
letton
German Name
Malayalam
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Latvians or Letts
Origin
9th Century
1530
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Latvian
Language Position
299
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ml
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
lav
ISO 639 2/B
mal
lav
ISO 639 3
mal
lav
ISO 639 6
mal
lav
Glottocode
mala1464
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic