Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
malayalam
persan
German Name
Malayalam
Persisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Persian people