Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5342
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4131
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Ganjami
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Kosli
Where They Speak
France, kerala
India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
malayalam
oriya
German Name
Malayalam
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Odias
Origin
9th Century
3 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Odia
Language Position
2932
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ml
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
ori
ISO 639 2/B
mal
ori
ISO 639 3
mal
ori
ISO 639 6
mal
ori
Glottocode
mala1464
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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