Countries
South Africa
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1741
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Dankie
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
goeie nag
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
goeie more
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
asseblief
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
jammer
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Totsiens
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
-
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Mappila
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Namibia
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
7.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
afrikaans
malayalam
German Name
Afrikaans
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Malayali
Origin
17th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Malayalam
Language Position
2329
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
mal
ISO 639 2/B
afr
mal
ISO 639 3
afr
mal
ISO 639 6
afrs
mal
Glottocode
afri1274
mala1464
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic