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Malayalam

ml · മലയാളം

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Malayalam (ml) is written in the Malayalam script and has an estimated 45.9M speakers. CLDR has 2 locales for it.

Native nameമലയാളം
ScriptMalayalamMlym
Speakers45.9Mestimated
Countries7
Locales2
Plural forms2one, other

Overview

Code
ml
Native name
മലയാളം
Script
Malayalam Mlym
Likely region
🇮🇳 India
Direction
Left to right
Plural categories
  • one
  • other
Ordinal categories
  • other
Locales

Where it is spoken

CountryStatusShare of population
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates7%
🇧🇭 Bahrain3.3%
🇮🇳 IndiaOfficial (regional)3.2%
🇶🇦 Qatar0.25%
🇸🇬 Singapore0.17%
🇲🇾 Malaysia0.15%
🇮🇱 Israel0.085%

Plural categories

CategoryExamples
one1
other0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …