Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
159
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4141
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Saraiki
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Doabi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
330
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
malayalam
pendjabi
German Name
Malayalam
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Malayali
Punjabis
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ml
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
pan
ISO 639 2/B
mal
pan
ISO 639 3
mal
pan
ISO 639 6
mal
panj
Glottocode
mala1464
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional