Countries
West Java
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1641
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Nuhun
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Mangga
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Hapunten
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Punten
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Banten
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Mappila
Where They Speak
Bogor
India
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bandung
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
soundanais
malayalam
German Name
Sundanesisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Malayali
Origin
5th century AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Malayalam
Language Position
4229
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
mal
ISO 639 2/B
sun
mal
ISO 639 3
sun
mal
ISO 639 6
sun
mal
Glottocode
sund1251
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic