Language:  Malayalam

Approximate Global Speakers

35,066,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

107

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Jesus Film

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Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(107 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adiyan India 18,000
Ajila India 3,800 ☀︎
 Ambalavasi India 179,000
Arasar India 19,000
Arasar Christian India 65,000
Arayan India 229,000
 Ayyanavar India 18,000
Brahmin Muttad India 55,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Nambudiri India 108,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Pancha Dravida India 163,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Potti India 31,000 ☀︎
Chavalakkaran India 24,000
Chavalakkaran Christian India 4,500
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 422,000 ☀︎
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) India 47,000 ☀︎
Cherumar Christian India 519,000
 Eluthassan India 48,000 ☀︎
 Gavara India 20,000 ☀︎
 Ilavan India 6,537,000 ☀︎
Ilavaniyan India 35,000 ☀︎
Ilavathi India 60,000 ☀︎
Ilayathu India 37,000 ☀︎
 Jewish, Cochin Israel 12,000 ☀︎
 Kadan India 4,700
 Kakkalan India 15,000 ☀︎
Kalladi India 46,000 ☀︎
Kallasari India 11,000 ☀︎
Kallattu Kurup India 1,100 ☀︎
Kanakkan India 287,000 ☀︎
 Kaniyan India 115,000
Karimpalan India 23,000 ☀︎
Kavuthiyan India 34,000 ☀︎
Keralamuthali India 6,800
Keralamuthali Christian India 3,600
Kitaran India 3,300 ☀︎
Kollakar India 1,900 ☀︎
Kootan India 10,000 ☀︎
Krishnanvak India 67,000 ☀︎
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 478,000 ☀︎
 Kurukkal India 3,400 ☀︎
Lakshadweep India 69,000 ☀︎
Mala Vettuvan India 20,000 ☀︎
 Malabar Catholic India 3,018,000
Malai Arayan India 38,000
Malai Pandaram India 4,400
 Malai Vedan India 19,000
 Malayali Maldives 800
 Malayali United Arab Emirates 316,000
 Malayali Bahrain 54,000
 Malayali Myanmar (Burma) 23,000
 Malayali Canada 20,000
 Malayali Oman 214,000
 Malayali New Zealand 6,800
 Malayali Singapore 28,000
 Malayali Qatar 74,000
 Malayali United States 88,000
 Malayali, Malayalam Malaysia 373,000
Malayan, caste Sri Lanka 1,600
Malayan, caste India 39,000 ☀︎
Malayarayar India 3,300
Malayekandi India 2,000 ☀︎
 Mannan, caste India 315,000 ☀︎
Mannan, tribal India 11,000
 Mappila Sri Lanka 11,000 ☀︎
 Mappila India 9,848,000 ☀︎
Marakkan (Christian traditions) India 5,700
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) India 10,000 ☀︎
Mukkari India 2,100 ☀︎
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) India 45,000
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 179,000 ☀︎
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) India 3,000 ☀︎
Musari India 4,400 ☀︎
 Muthan India 7,900 ☀︎
 Muthuvan India 28,000
 Nair India 7,589,000
Nair Anthur India 145,000 ☀︎
Padannan India 9,600 ☀︎
Palluvan India 7,500 ☀︎
 Pandaram India 32,000 ☀︎
Panditattan India 12,000 ☀︎
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) India 98,000
 Pathiyan India 21,000 ☀︎
Perumannan India 100,000 ☀︎
Pulaya Vettuvan India 1,200
Pulayan Thanda India 142,000 ☀︎
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,253,000 ☀︎
 Shabi India 1,900 ☀︎
 Syrian Christian India 4,195,000
Thandan (Christian traditions) India 13,000
Thandan (Hindu traditions) India 261,000 ☀︎
Thandan Palakkad India 6,900 ☀︎
Thantapulayan India 5,800 ☀︎
 Ulladan India 19,000
 Urali India 80,000
 Valan India 103,000 ☀︎
Valanchian India 6,000 ☀︎
Velakkithalanayan India 408,000 ☀︎
Velan India 96,000 ☀︎
Veluthadanayar India 230,000 ☀︎
Vetan (Christian traditions) India 3,900
Vettuvan India 130,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Asari India 785,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan India 10,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Kallasari India 60,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Kollan India 216,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Thattan India 228,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Vilkurup India 14,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  107     85
SECONDARY Language
(306 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Andhra India 345,000
 Adi Dravida India 9,646,000 ☀︎
Adi Dravida Christian India 739,000
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar India 2,400 ☀︎
Agamudaiyan Nattaman Sri Lanka 8,800
Agamudaiyan Nattaman India 745,000
 Agamudaiyan unspecified Sri Lanka 9,900
 Agamudaiyan unspecified India 293,000
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) India 235,000
Aiyanavar India 6,100
Aiyanavar Christian India 19,000
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 49,000
 Alavan India 8,800 ☀︎
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker India 13,000
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) India 203,000 ☀︎
Ambattan Christian India 5,100
 Amma Kodaga India 2,200 ☀︎
 Angami India 169,000
Anglo India 143,000
 Ao India 262,000
 Arleng India 663,000
 Arunthathiyar India 1,151,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,449,000 ☀︎
 Bagata India 168,000
 Baiga India 646,000
 Baira India 10,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,056,000 ☀︎
Bakad India 6,800 ☀︎
Bakuda India 15,000 ☀︎
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 5,500 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal India 5,543,000 ☀︎
 Bania Chetti India 828,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 19,328,000 ☀︎
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,042,000
Barda India 3,900
 Basor India 1,037,000 ☀︎
Bathada India 3,400 ☀︎
 Bathudi India 258,000 ☀︎
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,753,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,268,000 ☀︎
Bellara India 1,800 ☀︎
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 1,982,000 ☀︎
 Bhampta India 50,000 ☀︎
Bharathar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 2,300
Bharathar (Christian traditions) India 43,000
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 600 ☀︎
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) India 14,000 ☀︎
 Bharia Bhumia India 362,000 ☀︎
 Bhattra India 351,000
Bhil Dhanka India 338,000
 Bhil Mina India 122,000
 Bhil unspecified India 16,567,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,715,000 ☀︎
Bhottada India 522,000
 Bhumij India 1,262,000
 Binjhia India 202,000
Birhor India 23,000
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,642,000
 Boya India 4,518,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Dravida India 139,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 319,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,472,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Iyer India 324,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mahratta India 508,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mukkaniyar India 28,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat India 680,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified India 39,339,000 ☀︎
Byari (Beary) India 512,000 ☀︎
Chackaravar India 38,000 ☀︎
Chackaravar Christian India 5,500
 Chakhesang India 177,000
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) India 133,000
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) India 967,000 ☀︎
 Chakma India 247,000
Chandala India 8,000 ☀︎
 Chang India 73,000
 Chaudhari, tribal India 341,000
Chayakkaran India 47,000 ☀︎
 Chero India 180,000
 Christian India 1,575,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,817,000 ☀︎
Devadasi India 24,000 ☀︎
 Devanga India 552,000
 Devendrakulathan India 98,000 ☀︎
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,143,000 ☀︎
 Dhanka India 468,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 13,770,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,095,000 ☀︎
 Dhodia India 768,000 ☀︎
Dom (Dombara) India 83,000 ☀︎
 Dubla unspecified India 523,000 ☀︎
Eravallan India 8,800
 Faqir India 101,000 ☀︎
 Gadaba India 154,000
 Gamit India 514,000
 Gandla India 84,000 ☀︎
 Gangakula India 1,749,000 ☀︎
 Garasia India 435,000
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,241,000
 Goanese India 660,000
Godagali India 4,100 ☀︎
Godda India 3,000 ☀︎
 Gond unspecified India 11,528,000
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) India 35,000 ☀︎
 Gowdulu India 10,000 ☀︎
 Hakki Pikki India 28,000
 Halam India 47,000
 Halba India 825,000
 Hasalaru India 29,000 ☀︎
Hasla India 1,400 ☀︎
 Hill Pulayan India 114,000
 Hmar India 111,000
 Holar India 183,000
Idayan India 81,000 ☀︎
Ilavan Christian India 133,000
 Irular India 252,000
Iruliga India 15,000 ☀︎
Jatapu India 161,000
 Jaunsari India 105,000 ☀︎
 Jenu Kuruba India 53,000 ☀︎
 Jewish, South Asian India 6,600 ☀︎
 Kachari Sonwal India 311,000
Kadaiyar India 16,000
Kadu Kuruba India 27,000 ☀︎
 Kaikolan India 2,793,000
Kallan Tondaman India 512,000
 Kallan unspecified India 1,104,000
Kamathi India 241,000 ☀︎
Kammara India 148,000
 Kanikkaran India 28,000
 Kathodi India 354,000
 Kattunayakan India 75,000
Kavara India 87,000 ☀︎
Kavathi India 23,000 ☀︎
Kavathi Christian India 4,600
 Kawar India 1,127,000
 Kharia India 853,000
 Kharwar India 643,000
 Khasi India 1,405,000
 Kisan India 1,752,000
 Kodaga India 128,000 ☀︎
 Kokna India 1,220,000
 Kol India 1,992,000 ☀︎
Kolah Lohara India 11,000
 Kolha India 800,000
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,526,000 ☀︎
 Koli Dhor India 464,000
 Koli Mahadev India 1,888,000 ☀︎
 Koli Malhar India 352,000 ☀︎
 Kolowar India 275,000 ☀︎
 Konda Kapu India 26,000
 Konda Reddi India 175,000
 Konyak India 270,000
 Koracha, caste India 87,000 ☀︎
Koracha, tribal India 19,000
 Kori India 2,913,000
 Korku India 1,138,000
 Korwa India 503,000
Kudiya India 3,500
 Kudumban India 36,000
 Kudumi India 330,000 ☀︎
 Kui Khond India 1,788,000
 Kuki Chin India 160,000
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 18,002,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 17,758,000 ☀︎
Kuravan (Christian traditions) India 17,000
 Kuruba India 4,689,000
 Kuruman India 64,000
 Lingayat India 3,867,000 ☀︎
 Lotha India 201,000
Madari (Hindu traditions) India 292,000 ☀︎
 Mahli India 459,000
 Mahratta unspecified India 35,656,000 ☀︎
Maila India 3,100 ☀︎
 Majhi India 135,000
 Majhwar India 210,000
Mala Pulayan India 80,000 ☀︎
Malaikudi India 10,000
Malakkuravan India 23,000
Malakuravan India 1,400 ☀︎
Malasar India 11,000
Malava India 23,000 ☀︎
 Malay, Malaysian United Kingdom 61,000
 Malayali India 420,000
Malayan, tribe India 52,000
Mali India 7,400
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 13,455,000 ☀︎
 Malto India 214,000
Marata India 98,000 ☀︎
 Maravan India 3,621,000
 Matia India 238,000 ☀︎
 Mavilan India 40,000 ☀︎
Meda India 50,000
 Meena India 5,210,000
 Miri India 783,000
 Mizo India 162,000
Mizo Lushai India 637,000
 Moger unspecified India 148,000 ☀︎
 Mudugar India 2,100
Mukkuvar Sri Lanka 43,000
 Munda India 4,094,000
Mundala India 32,000 ☀︎
Mutali India 46,000
Nadar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 9,200
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,456,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 26,000 ☀︎
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,404,000 ☀︎
 Naga Tangkhul India 224,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 13,626,000 ☀︎
 Naikda India 4,288,000 ☀︎
 Nair Sri Lanka 4,100
Nalakeyava India 7,100 ☀︎
Nalkadaya India 3,300 ☀︎
Navait India 64,000 ☀︎
 Navithan India 914,000 ☀︎
 Nayadi India 96,000 ☀︎
 Oraon India 5,076,000
 Padharia India 35,000
Pale India 11,000 ☀︎
Pallan (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 7,000
Pallan (Christian traditions) India 517,000
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 47,000 ☀︎
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) India 2,756,000
Palleyan India 2,200
Palliyan India 7,100
Palliyar India 6,600
Pambada India 4,600 ☀︎
 Panan India 264,000 ☀︎
 Panchama India 3,400 ☀︎
Panikkan India 40,000 ☀︎
 Paniyan India 112,000
 Pannadi India 8,200 ☀︎
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 881,000
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 105,000 ☀︎
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,473,000
Paravan (Christian traditions) India 42,000
 Pardhan India 358,000
 Pardhi India 410,000 ☀︎
 Parja unspecified India 445,000
 Pashtun, Pathan India 10,399,000 ☀︎
 Patelia India 135,000
Pentia India 12,000
 Pnar India 314,000
 Pochury India 26,000
 Poumai India 145,000
 Puthirai Vannan India 34,000
 Rabha India 415,000
Raji India 2,200
Rajpur India 57,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 31,412,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) India 2,224,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,422,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Thakur India 79,000 ☀︎
 Rongkup India 88,000
 Rongmei India 112,000
 Sali India 1,188,000 ☀︎
Sali Pattariyan India 3,800 ☀︎
 Samagara India 101,000 ☀︎
 Samanthan India 57,000 ☀︎
 Samban India 25,000
 Santal (Sawntal) India 8,505,000
 Saora unspecified India 1,074,000
 Sayyid India 8,997,000 ☀︎
 Sema India 274,000
Semman India 5,600
Shabar India 599,000
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,265,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 81,439,000 ☀︎
 Siddi (Hindu traditions) India 11,000
Silpi India 237,000 ☀︎
 Soligar India 7,100
Soligaru India 38,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 9,456,000 ☀︎
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) India 3,610,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 21,520,000 ☀︎
 Thadou India 245,000
 Thakkar India 658,000 ☀︎
 Tharu India 522,000
 Thoti, caste India 13,000 ☀︎
 Tipera India 775,000
 Tiwa India 273,000
 Toda India 2,500
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,097,000 ☀︎
 Valluvan India 132,000 ☀︎
 Valmiki tribal India 84,000 ☀︎
Vaniyan India 1,073,000
Vannan (Christian traditions) India 168,000
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 116,000 ☀︎
 Vanniyan Sri Lanka 37,000
 Vanniyan India 14,336,000
 Varli India 1,403,000
 Vellalan Sri Lanka 31,000
Vellalan Kongu India 23,000 ☀︎
Vellalan Nanjanad India 226,000
 Vellalan unspecified India 2,033,000
Vetan (Hindu traditions) India 68,000 ☀︎
Vettakkaran India 6,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Sri Lanka 7,400
 Viswakarma unspecified India 8,652,000
Vitholia India 29,000
 Wancho India 73,000
 Yenadi India 788,000
Yerava India 35,000
 Yerukula India 622,000
 Yimchungra India 76,000
 Zeliang India 117,000
  Totals:  306     236

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
Tai Bhasha
Tiyya

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


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