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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PRIMARY Language
(107 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adiyan India 19,000
Ajila India 3,800 ☀︎
 Ambalavasi India 182,000
Arasar India 20,000
Arasar Christian India 66,000
Arayan India 233,000
 Ayyanavar India 18,000
Brahmin Muttad India 56,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Nambudiri India 109,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Pancha Dravida India 166,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Potti India 32,000 ☀︎
Chavalakkaran India 24,000
Chavalakkaran Christian India 4,600
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 429,000 ☀︎
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) India 48,000 ☀︎
Cherumar Christian India 527,000
 Eluthassan India 48,000 ☀︎
 Gavara India 20,000 ☀︎
 Ilavan India 6,637,000 ☀︎
Ilavaniyan India 36,000 ☀︎
Ilavathi India 61,000 ☀︎
Ilayathu India 38,000 ☀︎
 Jewish, Cochin Israel 13,000 ☀︎
 Kadan India 4,800
 Kakkalan India 16,000 ☀︎
Kalladi India 47,000 ☀︎
Kallasari India 11,000 ☀︎
Kallattu Kurup India 1,100 ☀︎
Kanakkan India 291,000 ☀︎
 Kaniyan India 117,000
Karimpalan India 24,000 ☀︎
Kavuthiyan India 34,000 ☀︎
Keralamuthali India 6,900
Keralamuthali Christian India 3,600
Kitaran India 3,400 ☀︎
Kollakar India 1,900 ☀︎
Kootan India 10,000 ☀︎
Krishnanvak India 68,000 ☀︎
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 486,000 ☀︎
 Kurukkal India 3,400 ☀︎
Lakshadweep India 70,000 ☀︎
Mala Vettuvan India 20,000 ☀︎
 Malabar Catholic India 3,064,000
Malai Arayan India 38,000
Malai Pandaram India 4,500
 Malai Vedan India 19,000
 Malayali Maldives 800
 Malayali United Arab Emirates 374,000
 Malayali Bahrain 59,000
 Malayali Myanmar (Burma) 23,000
 Malayali Canada 20,000
 Malayali Oman 250,000
 Malayali New Zealand 6,800
 Malayali Singapore 27,000
 Malayali Qatar 84,000
 Malayali United States 89,000
 Malayali, Malayalam Malaysia 387,000
Malayan, caste Sri Lanka 1,700
Malayan, caste India 40,000 ☀︎
Malayarayar India 3,400
Malayekandi India 2,000 ☀︎
 Mannan, caste India 320,000 ☀︎
Mannan, tribal India 11,000
 Mappila Sri Lanka 12,000 ☀︎
 Mappila India 10,000,000 ☀︎
Marakkan (Christian traditions) India 5,800
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) India 10,000 ☀︎
Mukkari India 2,100 ☀︎
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) India 46,000
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 182,000 ☀︎
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) India 3,100 ☀︎
Musari India 4,500 ☀︎
 Muthan India 8,000 ☀︎
 Muthuvan India 28,000
 Nair India 7,705,000
Nair Anthur India 147,000 ☀︎
Padannan India 9,700 ☀︎
Palluvan India 7,600 ☀︎
 Pandaram India 32,000 ☀︎
Panditattan India 12,000 ☀︎
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) India 100,000
 Pathiyan India 21,000 ☀︎
Perumannan India 101,000 ☀︎
Pulaya Vettuvan India 1,200
Pulayan Thanda India 144,000 ☀︎
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,272,000 ☀︎
 Shabi India 1,900 ☀︎
 Syrian Christian India 4,259,000
Thandan (Christian traditions) India 14,000
Thandan (Hindu traditions) India 265,000 ☀︎
Thandan Palakkad India 7,000 ☀︎
Thantapulayan India 5,900 ☀︎
 Ulladan India 19,000
 Urali India 82,000
 Valan India 104,000 ☀︎
Valanchian India 6,100 ☀︎
Velakkithalanayan India 414,000 ☀︎
Velan India 98,000 ☀︎
Veluthadanayar India 233,000 ☀︎
Vetan (Christian traditions) India 4,000
Vettuvan India 132,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Asari India 797,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan India 11,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Kallasari India 61,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Kollan India 219,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Thattan India 231,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Vilkurup India 14,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  107     85
SECONDARY Language
(306 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Andhra India 351,000
 Adi Dravida India 9,795,000 ☀︎
Adi Dravida Christian India 750,000
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar India 2,400 ☀︎
Agamudaiyan Nattaman Sri Lanka 9,300
Agamudaiyan Nattaman India 756,000
 Agamudaiyan unspecified Sri Lanka 11,000
 Agamudaiyan unspecified India 298,000
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) India 239,000
Aiyanavar India 6,200
Aiyanavar Christian India 19,000
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 49,000
 Alavan India 9,000 ☀︎
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker India 13,000
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) India 206,000 ☀︎
Ambattan Christian India 5,200
 Amma Kodaga India 2,300 ☀︎
 Angami India 171,000
Anglo India 145,000
 Ao India 266,000
 Arleng India 673,000
 Arunthathiyar India 1,168,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,564,000 ☀︎
 Bagata India 171,000
 Baiga India 656,000
 Baira India 10,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,119,000 ☀︎
Bakad India 6,900 ☀︎
Bakuda India 15,000 ☀︎
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 5,600 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal India 5,628,000 ☀︎
 Bania Chetti India 841,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 19,625,000 ☀︎
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,151,000
Barda India 4,000
 Basor India 1,053,000 ☀︎
Bathada India 3,500 ☀︎
 Bathudi India 262,000 ☀︎
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,795,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,303,000 ☀︎
Bellara India 1,800 ☀︎
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 2,013,000 ☀︎
 Bhampta India 51,000 ☀︎
Bharathar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 2,400
Bharathar (Christian traditions) India 44,000
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 700 ☀︎
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) India 14,000 ☀︎
 Bharia Bhumia India 368,000 ☀︎
 Bhattra India 357,000
Bhil Dhanka India 343,000
 Bhil Mina India 124,000
 Bhil unspecified India 16,822,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,818,000 ☀︎
Bhottada India 530,000
 Bhumij India 1,282,000
 Binjhia India 205,000
Birhor India 24,000
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,667,000
 Boya India 4,587,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Dravida India 142,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 323,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,525,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Iyer India 329,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mahratta India 516,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mukkaniyar India 29,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat India 690,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified India 39,943,000 ☀︎
Byari (Beary) India 520,000 ☀︎
Chackaravar India 38,000 ☀︎
Chackaravar Christian India 5,600
 Chakhesang India 180,000
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) India 135,000
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) India 982,000 ☀︎
Chakma India 250,000
Chandala India 8,100 ☀︎
 Chang India 74,000
 Chaudhari, tribal India 347,000
Chayakkaran India 47,000 ☀︎
 Chero India 182,000
 Christian India 1,600,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,860,000 ☀︎
Devadasi India 25,000 ☀︎
 Devanga India 561,000
 Devendrakulathan India 100,000 ☀︎
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,191,000 ☀︎
 Dhanka India 475,000
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,112,000 ☀︎
 Dhodia India 780,000 ☀︎
Dom (Dombara) India 84,000 ☀︎
 Dubla unspecified India 531,000 ☀︎
Eravallan India 8,900
 Faqir India 103,000 ☀︎
 Gadaba India 156,000
 Gamit India 522,000
 Gandla India 85,000 ☀︎
 Gangakula India 1,776,000 ☀︎
 Garasia India 441,000
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,260,000
 Goanese India 670,000
Godagali India 4,200 ☀︎
Godda India 3,000 ☀︎
 Gond unspecified India 11,705,000
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) India 36,000 ☀︎
 Gowdulu India 10,000 ☀︎
 Hakki Pikki India 29,000
Halam India 48,000
 Halba India 837,000
 Hasalaru India 29,000 ☀︎
Hasla India 1,500 ☀︎
 Hill Pulayan India 116,000
 Hmar India 112,000
 Holar India 186,000
Idayan India 82,000 ☀︎
Ilavan Christian India 135,000
 Irular India 256,000
Iruliga India 16,000 ☀︎
Jatapu India 163,000
 Jaunsari India 106,000 ☀︎
 Jenu Kuruba India 54,000 ☀︎
 Jewish, South Asian India 6,700 ☀︎
 Kachari Sonwal India 315,000
Kadaiyar India 16,000
Kadu Kuruba India 27,000 ☀︎
 Kaikolan India 2,836,000
Kallan Tondaman India 520,000
 Kallan unspecified India 1,121,000
Kamathi India 245,000 ☀︎
Kammara India 151,000
 Kanikkaran India 29,000
 Kathodi India 359,000
 Kattunayakan India 76,000
Kavara India 88,000 ☀︎
Kavathi India 24,000 ☀︎
Kavathi Christian India 4,700
 Kawar India 1,144,000
 Kharia India 866,000
 Kharwar India 653,000
 Khasi India 1,426,000
 Kisan India 1,779,000
 Kodaga India 130,000 ☀︎
 Kokna India 1,239,000
 Kol India 2,022,000 ☀︎
Kolah Lohara India 11,000
 Kolha India 812,000
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,565,000 ☀︎
 Koli Dhor India 471,000
 Koli Mahadev India 1,917,000 ☀︎
 Koli Malhar India 357,000 ☀︎
 Kolowar India 280,000 ☀︎
 Konda Kapu India 26,000
 Konda Reddi India 178,000
 Konyak India 274,000
 Koracha, caste India 89,000 ☀︎
Koracha, tribal India 20,000
 Kori India 2,957,000
 Korku India 1,156,000
 Korwa India 511,000
Kudiya India 3,600
 Kudumban India 36,000
 Kudumi India 335,000 ☀︎
 Kui Khond India 1,815,000
 Kuki Chin India 163,000
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 18,279,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 18,031,000 ☀︎
Kuravan (Christian traditions) India 18,000
 Kuruba India 4,761,000
 Kuruman India 65,000
 Lingayat India 3,926,000 ☀︎
 Lotha India 204,000
Madari (Hindu traditions) India 297,000 ☀︎
 Mahli India 466,000
 Mahratta unspecified India 36,204,000 ☀︎
Maila India 3,100 ☀︎
 Majhi India 137,000
 Majhwar India 214,000
Mala Pulayan India 81,000 ☀︎
Malaikudi India 11,000
Malakkuravan India 23,000
Malakuravan India 1,400 ☀︎
Malasar India 11,000
Malava India 23,000 ☀︎
 Malay United Kingdom 62,000
 Malayali India 427,000
Malayan, tribe India 53,000
Mali India 7,600
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 13,662,000 ☀︎
 Malto India 218,000
Marata India 99,000 ☀︎
 Maravan India 3,677,000
 Matia India 242,000 ☀︎
 Mavilan India 41,000 ☀︎
Meda India 51,000
 Meena India 5,290,000
 Miri India 795,000
 Mizo India 164,000
Mizo Lushai India 646,000
 Moger unspecified India 150,000 ☀︎
 Mudugar India 2,100
Mukkuvar Sri Lanka 45,000
 Munda India 4,157,000
Mundala India 32,000 ☀︎
Mutali India 47,000
Nadar (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 9,700
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,479,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 28,000 ☀︎
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,457,000 ☀︎
 Naga Tangkhul India 228,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 13,835,000 ☀︎
 Naikda India 4,354,000 ☀︎
 Nair Sri Lanka 4,400
Nalakeyava India 7,200 ☀︎
Nalkadaya India 3,300 ☀︎
Navait India 65,000 ☀︎
 Navithan India 928,000 ☀︎
 Nayadi India 98,000 ☀︎
 Oraon India 5,154,000
 Padharia India 35,000
Pale India 11,000 ☀︎
Pallan (Christian traditions) Sri Lanka 7,400
Pallan (Christian traditions) India 525,000
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 50,000 ☀︎
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) India 2,799,000
Palleyan India 2,200
Palliyan India 7,200
Palliyar India 6,700
Pambada India 4,700 ☀︎
 Panan India 268,000 ☀︎
 Panchama India 3,500 ☀︎
Panikkan India 40,000 ☀︎
 Paniyan India 114,000
 Pannadi India 8,300 ☀︎
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 895,000
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) Sri Lanka 111,000 ☀︎
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,511,000
Paravan (Christian traditions) India 43,000
 Pardhan India 363,000
 Pardhi India 416,000 ☀︎
 Parja unspecified India 452,000
 Pashtun, Pathan India 10,558,000 ☀︎
 Patelia India 137,000
Pentia India 12,000
 Pnar India 319,000
 Pochury India 26,000
 Poumai India 148,000
 Puthirai Vannan India 34,000
 Rabha India 421,000
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 13,981,000 ☀︎
Raji India 2,300
Rajpur India 57,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 31,894,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) India 2,258,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,474,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Thakur India 80,000 ☀︎
 Rongkup-Lepcha India 89,000
 Rongmei India 114,000
 Sali India 1,206,000 ☀︎
Sali Pattariyan India 3,800 ☀︎
 Samagara India 103,000 ☀︎
 Samanthan India 57,000 ☀︎
 Samban India 25,000
 Santal (Sawntal) India 8,636,000
 Saora unspecified India 1,091,000
 Sayyid India 9,135,000 ☀︎
 Sema India 278,000
Semman India 5,700
Shabar India 608,000
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,407,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 82,690,000 ☀︎
 Siddi (Hindu traditions) India 11,000
Silpi India 241,000 ☀︎
 Soligar India 7,200
Soligaru India 39,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 9,601,000 ☀︎
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) India 3,666,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 21,850,000 ☀︎
 Thadou India 249,000
 Thakkar India 668,000 ☀︎
 Tharu India 530,000
 Thoti, caste India 13,000 ☀︎
 Tipera India 787,000
 Tiwa India 278,000
 Toda India 2,600
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,160,000 ☀︎
 Valluvan India 134,000 ☀︎
 Valmiki tribal India 86,000 ☀︎
Vaniyan India 1,090,000
Vannan (Christian traditions) India 170,000
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 118,000 ☀︎
 Vanniyan Sri Lanka 39,000
 Vanniyan India 14,557,000
 Varli India 1,424,000
 Vellalan Sri Lanka 33,000
Vellalan Kongu India 24,000 ☀︎
Vellalan Nanjanad India 230,000
 Vellalan unspecified India 2,064,000
Vetan (Hindu traditions) India 69,000 ☀︎
Vettakkaran India 6,100 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Sri Lanka 7,800
 Viswakarma unspecified India 8,785,000
Vitholia India 29,000
 Wancho India 74,000
 Yenadi India 800,000
Yerava India 36,000
 Yerukula India 632,000
 Yimchungra India 78,000
 Zeliang India 119,000
  Totals:  306     236

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

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

Dialect Alternate Names
Dweep Bhasha
Mapila


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