Language:  Malayalam

Estimated Global Speakers

35,100,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

113

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

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Map Notes
Primary Language
(113 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adiyan India 19,000
Ajila India 4,000
 Ambalavasi India 185,000
Arasar India 19,000
Arasar Christian India 65,000
Arayan India 243,000
 Ayyanavar India 19,000
Brahmin Muttad India 56,000
Brahmin Nambudiri India 112,000
Brahmin Pancha Dravida India 169,000
Brahmin Potti India 32,000
Chavalakkaran India 25,000
Chavalakkaran Christian India 4,600
 Chengazhi Nambiyar India 800
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 447,000
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) India 50,000
Cherumar Christian India 535,000
 Eluthassan India 51,000
 Gavara India 21,000
 Ilavan India 6,754,000
Ilavaniyan India 37,000
Ilavathi India 63,000
Ilayathu India 40,000
 Jew, Cochin Israel 12,000
 Kadan India 5,000
 Kakkalan India 16,000
Kalladi India 49,000
Kallasari India 11,000
Kallattu Kurup India 1,100
Kanakkan India 304,000
 Kaniyan India 122,000
Karimpalan India 24,000
Kavuthiyan India 35,000
Keralamuthali India 6,100
Keralamuthali Christian India 3,700
Kitaran India 3,500
Kollakar India 2,000
Kootan India 11,000
Krishnanvak India 71,000
Kundavadiga India 900
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 497,000
 Kurukkal India 3,600
Lakshadweep India 73,000
Mala Vettuvan India 21,000
 Malabar Catholic India 3,195,000
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 Sri Lanka 800
 Malayali Bahrain 53,000
 Malayali Myanmar (Burma) 23,000
 Malayali Oman 211,000
 Malayali Maldives 800
 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 332,000
Mannan, tribal India 12,000
 Mappila Sri Lanka 11,000
 Mappila India 10,436,000
Marakkan (Christian traditions) India 6,000
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) India 11,000
 Mavilan India 42,000
Mukkari India 2,200
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) India 48,000
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 189,000
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) India 3,200
Musari India 4,700
 Muthan India 8,300
 Muthuvan India 29,000
 Nair India 7,779,000
Nair Anthur India 153,000
Padannan India 10,000
Palluvan India 8,000
 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 150,000
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,109,000
Pulayan Wayanad India 500
 Shabi India 2,000
 Syrian Christian Sri Lanka 700
 Syrian Christian India 4,440,000
Thandan (Christian traditions) India 14,000
Thandan (Hindu traditions) India 276,000
Thandan Palakkad India 7,300
Thantapulayan India 6,200
 Ulladan India 20,000
 Urali India 85,000
Valan India 107,000
Valanchian India 6,400
Velakkithalanayan India 421,000
Velan India 102,000
Veluthadanayar India 239,000
Vetan (Christian traditions) India 4,200
Vettuvan India 137,000
 Viswakarma Asari India 782,000
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan India 11,000
Viswakarma Kallasari India 64,000
 Viswakarma Kollan India 225,000
Viswakarma Thattan India 233,000
Viswakarma Vilkurup India 14,000
  Totals:  113     89
Secondary Language
(205 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Andhra India 361,000
 Adi Dravida India 8,753,000
Adi Dravida Christian India 667,000
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar India 2,200
Agamudaiyan Nattaman Sri Lanka 8,900
Agamudaiyan Nattaman India 741,000
 Agamudaiyan unspecified Sri Lanka 9,400
 Agamudaiyan unspecified India 260,000
Aiyanavar India 6,100
Aiyanavar Christian India 19,000
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 52,000
 Alavan India 8,700
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker India 13,000
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) India 190,000
Ambattan Christian India 5,200
 Amma Kodaga India 2,400
Anglo Indian India 158,000
Arandan India 600
 Arunthathiyar India 1,131,000
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,815,000
 Baira India 8,800
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,203,000
Bakad India 7,200
Bakuda India 15,000
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 5,700
 Bania Agarwal India 5,822,000
 Bania Chetti India 849,000
 Bania unspecified India 17,064,000
 Basor India 1,101,000
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,437,000
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,008,000
Bellara India 1,900
 Bhampta India 53,000
Bharathar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 1,400
Bharathar (Christian traditions) India 46,000
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 400
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) India 14,000
 Bhil unspecified India 14,662,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 5,941,000
 Bhumij India 1,339,000
 Boya India 4,519,000
Brahmin Dravida India 143,000
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 337,000
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,675,000
 Brahmin Iyer India 348,000
Brahmin Mahratta India 561,000
Brahmin Mukkaniyar India 29,000
 Brahmin Saraswat India 719,000
 Brahmin unspecified India 34,992,000
Byari (Beary) India 542,000
Chackaravar India 37,000
Chackaravar Christian India 5,500
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) India 138,000
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) India 1,016,000
Chayakkaran India 48,000
 Christian India 1,504,000
Devadasi India 24,000
 Devanga India 582,000
 Devendrakulathan India 97,000
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,331,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 12,673,000
 Dhodia India 814,000
Dom (Dombara) India 87,000
Eravallan India 9,300
 Gandla India 86,000
 Gangakula India 1,844,000
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,309,000
 Goanese India 699,000
Godagali India 4,200
Godda India 3,000
 Gond unspecified India 10,191,000
 Halba India 872,000
 Hasalaru India 30,000
Hasla India 1,500
 Hill Pulayan India 118,000
 Holar India 195,000
Idayan India 81,000
Ilavan Christian India 139,000
 Irular India 233,000
 Jenu Kuruba India 56,000
 Jew, South Asian India 7,200
Kadaiyar India 17,000
Kadu Kuruba India 28,000
 Kaikolan India 2,752,000
Kallan Tondaman India 479,000
Kallan unspecified India 978,000
Kammara India 145,000
 Kanikkaran India 30,000
 Kattunayakan India 72,000
Kavara India 92,000
Kavathi India 23,000
Kavathi Christian India 4,700
 Khasi (War-Khasi) India 1,491,000
 Kodaga India 136,000
 Kolha India 849,000
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,682,000
 Koli Mahadev India 2,001,000
 Konda Reddi India 146,000
 Koracha, caste India 85,000
Koracha, tribal India 21,000
 Kori India 3,087,000
 Kota India 800
Kudiya India 3,700
 Kudumban India 37,000
 Kudumi India 337,000
 Kui Khond India 1,585,000
 Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 18,743,000
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 15,725,000
Kuravan (Christian traditions) India 17,000
 Kuruba India 4,896,000
 Kuruman India 63,000
 Lingayat India 4,092,000
 Lotha India 212,000
Madari (Hindu traditions) India 310,000
 Mahratta unspecified India 31,574,000
Maila India 3,100
Mala Pulayan India 83,000
Malakkuravan India 19,000
Malakuravan India 1,400
Malasar India 12,000
Malava India 24,000
 Malay, Malaysian United Kingdom 61,000
 Malayali India 416,000
Malayan, tribe India 53,000
Mali India 7,800
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 12,552,000
Marata India 104,000
 Maravan India 3,393,000
Mizo Lushai India 676,000
 Moger unspecified India 131,000
 Moghal India 2,080,000
 Mudugar India 2,200
Mukkuvar Sri Lanka 43,000
 Munda India 4,402,000
Mundala India 34,000
Mutali India 47,000
Nadar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 9,300
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,452,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 26,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,390,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 14,140,000
 Naikda India 4,299,000
 Nair Sri Lanka 4,200
Nalakeyava India 7,500
Nalkadaya India 3,400
Navait India 67,000
 Navithan India 899,000
 Nayadi India 102,000
 Oraon India 5,353,000
Pale India 11,000
Pallan (Christian traditions) India 530,000
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 47,000
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) India 2,702,000
Palleyan India 2,300
Palliyan India 7,300
Palliyar India 7,000
 Panan India 277,000
 Panchama India 3,600
Panikkan India 41,000
 Paniyan India 119,000
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 901,000
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 105,000
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,490,000
Paravan (Christian traditions) India 45,000
 Pardhi India 434,000
 Pashtun, Pathan India 9,215,000
 Puthirai Vannan India 31,000
Rajpur India 60,000
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 27,712,000
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) India 1,966,000
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,643,000
 Rajput Thakur India 83,000
 Sali India 1,227,000
Sali Pattariyan India 3,600
 Samagara India 107,000
 Samanthan India 58,000
 Samban India 24,000
 Santal (Sawntal) India 9,096,000
 Saora unspecified India 951,000
 Sayyid India 9,296,000
Semman India 5,500
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,727,000
 Shaikh unspecified India 72,220,000
Silpi India 237,000
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,322,000
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) India 3,463,000
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 22,446,000
 Thoti, caste India 14,000
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,197,000
 Valluvan India 125,000
Vaniyan India 1,057,000
Vannan (Christian traditions) India 173,000
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 103,000
 Vanniyan Sri Lanka 37,000
 Vanniyan India 13,734,000
 Varli India 1,487,000
 Vellalan Sri Lanka 31,000
Vellalan Kongu India 25,000
Vellalan Nanjanad India 220,000
 Vellalan unspecified India 1,800,000
Vetan (Hindu traditions) India 71,000
Vettakkaran India 5,800
 Viswakarma Sri Lanka 7,400
 Viswakarma unspecified India 7,661,000
Yerava India 37,000
  Totals:  205     168

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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