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ISO 639-3 · malmal
Dravidian family
Malayalam
മലയാളം
Malayalam is a language of the Malayalam branch (Dravidian), spoken in India. Wikidata counts 37.1 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Dravidian language of Southern India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mal- ISO 639-1
ml- Glottocode
mala1464- Family
- Dravidian
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- Centre point
- 9.60, 76.50
- Wikipedia
- 129 language editions
37.1 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Malayalam · മലയാളം |
|---|---|
| Also called | Malayalam language |
| L1 speakers | 37,100,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Malayalam script |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Dravidian to Malayalam
The branches above Malayalam, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in India
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