Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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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
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2441
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
ഹലോ (halēā)
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
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Mappila
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
How Many People Speak
30,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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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
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early form
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Malayalam
Language Position
5429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
mal
ISO 639 2/B
may
mal
ISO 639 3
zsm
mal
ISO 639 6
may
mal
Glottocode
stan1306
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic