Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Malaysia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
terima kasih
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
sila
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
maaf
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Israel, kerala
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
Dialect 3
Musi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia
France, kerala
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
malais
malayalam
German Name
Malaiisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Malayali
Origin
c. 683 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early form
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1306
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Malaysian and Malayalam Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Malayalam Speaking population
Malaysian and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Malayalam on Malaysian vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Malayalam Language Codes
Malaysian and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.