Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Indonesia
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4116
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Halo
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Nuhun
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Mangga
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Hapunten
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Punten
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Banten
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
India
Bogor
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Bandung
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
malayalam
soundanais
German Name
Malayalam
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
9th Century
5th century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Sundanese
Language Position
2942
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
sun
ISO 639 2/B
mal
sun
ISO 639 3
mal
sun
ISO 639 6
mal
sun
Glottocode
mala1464
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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