Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
-
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3141
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
ଦୟାକରି
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
India
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
Mappila
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
India
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
520,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
oriya
malayalam
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Odias
Malayali
Origin
3 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Malayalam
Language Position
3229
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
mal
ISO 639 2/B
ori
mal
ISO 639 3
ori
mal
ISO 639 6
ori
mal
Glottocode
macr1269
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic