Language:  Malayalam

Approximate Global Speakers

35,029,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

107

Scripture Status

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Jesus Film

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Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(107 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adiyan India 19,000
Ajila India 3,900 ☀︎
 Ambalavasi India 188,000
Arasar India 20,000
Arasar Christian India 68,000
Arayan India 241,000
 Ayyanavar India 19,000
Brahmin Muttad India 56,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Nambudiri India 112,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Pancha Dravida India 171,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Potti India 33,000 ☀︎
Chavalakkaran India 25,000
Chavalakkaran Christian India 4,700
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 443,000 ☀︎
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) India 50,000 ☀︎
Cherumar Christian India 546,000
 Eluthassan India 50,000 ☀︎
 Gavara India 21,000 ☀︎
 Ilavan India 6,877,000 ☀︎
Ilavaniyan India 37,000 ☀︎
Ilavathi India 63,000 ☀︎
Ilayathu India 39,000 ☀︎
 Jewish, Cochin Israel 12,000 ☀︎
 Kadan India 4,900
 Kakkalan India 16,000 ☀︎
Kalladi India 49,000 ☀︎
Kallasari India 11,000 ☀︎
Kallattu Kurup India 1,100 ☀︎
Kanakkan India 302,000 ☀︎
 Kaniyan India 121,000
Karimpalan India 24,000 ☀︎
Kavuthiyan India 35,000 ☀︎
Keralamuthali India 7,100
Keralamuthali Christian India 3,700
Kitaran India 3,500 ☀︎
Kollakar India 2,000 ☀︎
Kootan India 11,000 ☀︎
Krishnanvak India 70,000 ☀︎
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 505,000 ☀︎
 Kurukkal India 3,600 ☀︎
Lakshadweep India 73,000 ☀︎
Mala Vettuvan India 21,000 ☀︎
 Malabar Catholic India 3,175,000
Malai Arayan India 40,000
Malai Pandaram India 4,600
 Malai Vedan India 20,000
 Malayali United Arab Emirates 314,000
 Malayali Canada 19,000
 Malayali Maldives 800
 Malayali Bahrain 53,000
 Malayali Myanmar (Burma) 23,000
 Malayali Oman 211,000
 Malayali New Zealand 6,700
 Malayali Qatar 73,000
 Malayali Singapore 28,000
 Malayali United States 87,000
 Malayali, Malayalam Malaysia 369,000
Malayan, caste Sri Lanka 1,600
Malayan, caste India 41,000 ☀︎
Malayarayar India 3,500
Malayekandi India 2,100 ☀︎
 Mannan, caste India 331,000 ☀︎
Mannan, tribal India 12,000
 Mappila Sri Lanka 11,000 ☀︎
 Mappila India 10,357,000 ☀︎
Marakkan (Christian traditions) India 6,000
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) India 11,000 ☀︎
Mukkari India 2,200 ☀︎
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) India 48,000
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 187,000 ☀︎
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) India 3,200 ☀︎
Musari India 4,600 ☀︎
 Muthan India 8,300 ☀︎
 Muthuvan India 29,000
 Nair India 7,970,000
Nair Anthur India 152,000 ☀︎
Padannan India 10,000 ☀︎
Palluvan India 7,900 ☀︎
 Pandaram India 33,000 ☀︎
Panditattan India 13,000 ☀︎
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) India 104,000
 Pathiyan India 22,000 ☀︎
Perumannan India 105,000 ☀︎
Pulaya Vettuvan India 1,300
Pulayan Thanda India 149,000 ☀︎
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,101,000 ☀︎
 Shabi India 2,000 ☀︎
 Syrian Christian India 4,415,000
Thandan (Christian traditions) India 14,000
Thandan (Hindu traditions) India 275,000 ☀︎
Thandan Palakkad India 7,300 ☀︎
Thantapulayan India 6,100 ☀︎
 Ulladan India 20,000
 Urali India 85,000
 Valan India 108,000 ☀︎
Valanchian India 6,300 ☀︎
Velakkithalanayan India 429,000 ☀︎
Velan India 101,000 ☀︎
Veluthadanayar India 241,000 ☀︎
Vetan (Christian traditions) India 4,100
Vettuvan India 137,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Asari India 827,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan India 11,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Kallasari India 63,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Kollan India 227,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Thattan India 239,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Vilkurup India 15,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  107     85
SECONDARY Language
(311 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Andhra India 363,000
 Adi Dravida India 10,144,000 ☀︎
Adi Dravida Christian India 778,000
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar India 2,500 ☀︎
Agamudaiyan Nattaman Sri Lanka 8,900
Agamudaiyan Nattaman India 782,000
 Agamudaiyan unspecified Sri Lanka 9,400
 Agamudaiyan unspecified India 258,000
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) India 246,000
Aiyanavar India 6,400
Aiyanavar Christian India 20,000
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 51,000
 Alavan India 9,300 ☀︎
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker India 13,000
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) India 214,000 ☀︎
Ambattan Christian India 5,300
 Amma Kodaga India 2,400 ☀︎
 Angami India 178,000
Anglo India 156,000
 Ao India 277,000
 Arleng India 698,000
 Arunthathiyar India 1,213,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,799,000 ☀︎
 Bagata India 174,000
 Baiga India 676,000
 Baira India 10,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,263,000 ☀︎
Bakad India 7,100 ☀︎
Bakuda India 15,000 ☀︎
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 5,700 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal India 5,789,000 ☀︎
 Bania Chetti India 867,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 16,981,000 ☀︎
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,352,000
Barda India 4,100
 Basor India 1,091,000 ☀︎
Bathada India 3,600 ☀︎
 Bathudi India 272,000 ☀︎
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,418,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 1,993,000 ☀︎
Bellara India 1,800 ☀︎
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 2,073,000 ☀︎
 Bhampta India 53,000 ☀︎
Bharathar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 1,500
Bharathar (Christian traditions) India 46,000
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 400 ☀︎
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) India 15,000 ☀︎
 Bharia Bhumia India 380,000 ☀︎
 Bhattra India 369,000
Bhil Dhanka India 233,000
 Bhil Mina India 128,000
 Bhil unspecified India 14,556,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 5,900,000 ☀︎
Bhottada India 548,000
 Bhumij India 1,328,000
 Binjhia India 211,000
Birhor India 24,000
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,727,000
 Boya India 4,807,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Dravida India 147,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 335,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,651,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Iyer India 367,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mahratta India 561,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mukkaniyar India 30,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat India 717,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified India 34,563,000 ☀︎
Byari (Beary) India 539,000 ☀︎
Chackaravar India 39,000 ☀︎
Chackaravar Christian India 5,800
 Chakhesang India 185,000
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) India 140,000
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) India 1,019,000 ☀︎
 Chakma India 260,000
Chandala India 8,400 ☀︎
 Chang India 77,000
 Chaudhari, tribal India 359,000
Chayakkaran India 49,000 ☀︎
 Chero India 239,000
 Christian India 1,565,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,475,000 ☀︎
Devadasi India 25,000 ☀︎
 Devanga India 582,000
 Devendrakulathan India 104,000 ☀︎
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,305,000 ☀︎
 Dhanka India 498,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 12,098,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,148,000 ☀︎
 Dhodia India 807,000 ☀︎
Dom (Dombara) India 87,000 ☀︎
 Dubla unspecified India 459,000 ☀︎
Eravallan India 9,200
 Faqir India 106,000 ☀︎
 Gadaba India 158,000
 Gamit India 541,000
 Gandla India 88,000 ☀︎
 Gangakula India 1,840,000 ☀︎
 Garasia India 465,000
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,305,000
 Goanese India 695,000
Godagali India 4,200 ☀︎
Godda India 3,100 ☀︎
 Gond unspecified India 10,129,000
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) India 37,000 ☀︎
 Gowdulu India 11,000 ☀︎
 Hakki Pikki India 30,000
 Halam India 50,000
 Halba India 866,000
 Hasalaru India 30,000 ☀︎
Hasla India 1,500 ☀︎
 Hill Pulayan India 120,000
 Hmar India 116,000
 Holar India 193,000
Idayan India 85,000 ☀︎
Ilavan Christian India 140,000
 Irular India 266,000
Iruliga India 16,000 ☀︎
Jatapu India 169,000
 Jaunsari India 111,000 ☀︎
 Jenu Kuruba India 56,000 ☀︎
 Jewish, South Asian India 7,100 ☀︎
 Kachari Sonwal India 331,000
Kadaiyar India 17,000
Kadu Kuruba India 28,000 ☀︎
 Kaikolan India 2,945,000
Kallan Tondaman India 538,000
 Kallan unspecified India 970,000
Kamathi India 254,000 ☀︎
Kammara India 145,000
 Kanikkaran India 30,000
 Kathodi India 371,000
 Kattunayakan India 79,000
Kavara India 91,000 ☀︎
Kavathi India 25,000 ☀︎
Kavathi Christian India 4,800
 Kawar India 1,185,000
 Kharia India 898,000
 Kharwar India 688,000
 Khasi India 1,477,000
 Kisan India 1,864,000
 Kodaga India 135,000 ☀︎
 Kokna India 1,283,000
 Kol India 2,093,000 ☀︎
Kolah Lohara India 11,000
 Kolha India 842,000
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,661,000 ☀︎
 Koli Dhor India 489,000
 Koli Mahadev India 1,986,000 ☀︎
 Koli Malhar India 370,000 ☀︎
 Kolowar India 287,000 ☀︎
 Konda Dhora India 277,000
 Konda Kapu India 25,000
 Konda Reddi India 145,000
 Konyak India 283,000
 Koracha, caste India 92,000 ☀︎
Koracha, tribal India 20,000
 Kori India 3,062,000
 Korku India 1,199,000
 Korwa India 537,000
 Koya unspecified India 777,000
Kudiya India 3,700
 Kudumban India 37,000
 Kudumi India 347,000 ☀︎
 Kui Khond India 1,571,000
 Kuki Chin India 168,000
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) India 18,811,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 15,602,000 ☀︎
Kuravan (Christian traditions) India 18,000
 Kuruba India 4,932,000
 Kuruman India 67,000
 Lingayat India 4,093,000 ☀︎
 Lotha India 210,000
Madari (Hindu traditions) India 308,000 ☀︎
 Mahli India 482,000
 Mahratta unspecified India 31,328,000 ☀︎
Maila India 3,100 ☀︎
 Majhi India 143,000
 Majhwar India 222,000
Mala Pulayan India 84,000 ☀︎
Malaikudi India 11,000
Malakkuravan India 24,000
Malakuravan India 1,400 ☀︎
Malasar India 12,000
Malava India 24,000 ☀︎
 Malay, Malaysian United Kingdom 61,000
 Malayali India 442,000
Malayan, tribe India 55,000
Mali India 7,700
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 11,821,000 ☀︎
 Malto India 224,000
 Manna Dhora India 23,000
Marata India 103,000 ☀︎
 Maravan India 3,808,000
 Matia India 250,000 ☀︎
 Mavilan India 42,000 ☀︎
Meda India 52,000
 Meena India 5,505,000
 Miri India 824,000
 Mizo India 170,000
Mizo Lushai India 670,000
 Moger unspecified India 130,000 ☀︎
 Monpa India 48,000
 Mudugar India 2,200
Mukkuvar Sri Lanka 43,000
 Munda India 4,363,000
Mundala India 33,000 ☀︎
Mutali India 49,000
Nadar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 9,300
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,523,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 26,000 ☀︎
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,565,000 ☀︎
 Naga Tangkhul India 236,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 14,275,000 ☀︎
 Naikda India 4,511,000 ☀︎
 Nair Sri Lanka 4,200
Nalakeyava India 7,400 ☀︎
Nalkadaya India 3,400 ☀︎
Navait India 68,000 ☀︎
 Navithan India 962,000 ☀︎
 Nayadi India 101,000 ☀︎
 Oraon India 5,311,000
 Padharia India 37,000
Pale India 11,000 ☀︎
Pallan (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 7,000
Pallan (Christian traditions) India 544,000
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 47,000 ☀︎
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) India 2,922,000
Palleyan India 2,300
Palliyan India 7,400
Palliyar India 7,000
Pambada India 4,800 ☀︎
 Panan India 277,000 ☀︎
 Panchama India 3,600 ☀︎
 Panika India 1,256,000 ☀︎
Panikkan India 42,000 ☀︎
 Paniyan India 118,000
 Pannadi India 8,600 ☀︎
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 935,000
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 105,000 ☀︎
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,608,000
Paravan (Christian traditions) India 44,000
 Pardhan India 376,000
 Pardhi India 433,000 ☀︎
 Parja unspecified India 391,000
 Pashtun, Pathan India 9,136,000 ☀︎
 Patelia India 142,000
Pentia India 12,000
 Pnar India 330,000
 Pochury India 27,000
 Poumai India 152,000
 Puthirai Vannan India 35,000
 Rabha India 436,000
Raji India 2,300
Rajpur India 60,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 27,599,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) India 1,954,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,609,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Thakur India 83,000 ☀︎
 Rongkup India 92,000
 Rongmei India 118,000
 Sali India 1,247,000 ☀︎
Sali Pattariyan India 4,000 ☀︎
 Samagara India 106,000 ☀︎
 Samanthan India 60,000 ☀︎
 Samban India 25,000
 Santal (Sawntal) India 8,944,000
 Saora unspecified India 944,000
 Sayyid India 9,332,000 ☀︎
 Sema India 288,000
Semman India 5,900
Shabar India 630,000
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,724,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 71,553,000 ☀︎
 Siddi (Hindu traditions) India 11,000
Silpi India 243,000 ☀︎
 Soligar India 7,500
Soligaru India 40,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,308,000 ☀︎
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) India 3,832,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 22,524,000 ☀︎
 Thadou India 258,000
 Thakkar India 693,000 ☀︎
 Tharu India 540,000
 Thoti, caste India 14,000 ☀︎
 Tipera India 814,000
 Tiwa India 287,000
 Toda India 2,600
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,303,000 ☀︎
 Valluvan India 138,000 ☀︎
 Valmiki tribal India 75,000 ☀︎
Vaniyan India 1,132,000
Vannan (Christian traditions) India 177,000
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 102,000 ☀︎
 Vanniyan Sri Lanka 38,000
 Vanniyan India 15,149,000
 Varli India 1,476,000
 Vellalan Sri Lanka 31,000
Vellalan Kongu India 25,000 ☀︎
Vellalan Nanjanad India 238,000
 Vellalan unspecified India 1,786,000
Vetan (Hindu traditions) India 71,000 ☀︎
Vettakkaran India 6,300 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Sri Lanka 7,400
 Viswakarma unspecified India 7,602,000
Vitholia India 30,000
 Wancho India 77,000
 Yenadi India 800,000
Yerava India 37,000
 Yerukula India 644,000
 Yimchungra India 80,000
 Zeliang India 123,000
  Totals:  311     241

Language Alternate Names
Alealum
Kasargod
Malayal
Malayalani
Malayali
Malean
Maliyad
Mallealle
Mapilla
Mopla
Moplah (Mapilla)

Dialects
Central Kerala
Ernad
Jeseri
Jewish Malayalam
Kasargod
Kayavar
Malabar
Malayalam
Moplah
Nagari-malayalam
Namboodiri
Nasrani
Nayar
North Kerala
Nuclear Malayalam
Pulaya
South Kerala
Tiyya

Dialect Alternate Names
Malayalam: Moplah
Malayalam: Namboodiri
Malayalam: Nasrani
Malayalam: Nayar
Malayalam: Pulaya
Mapila
Mapilla


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