Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Not present
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
-
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Not present
Mappila
Dialect 3
Not present
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
-
France, kerala
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
sanskrit
malayalam
German Name
Sanskrit
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Malayali
Origin
2000 B.C.
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early form
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Malayalam
Signed Forms
-
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sans1269
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Sanskrit and Malayalam Speaking population
Sanskrit and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Malayalam on Sanskrit vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Malayalam Language Codes
Sanskrit and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.