Language:  Malayalam

Approximate Global Speakers

35,029,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

107

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

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
Jeseri
Kasargod
Kayavar
Malabar
Malayalam
Moplah
Nagari-malayalam
Namboodiri
Nasrani
Nayar
North Kerala
Pulaya
South Kerala

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


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