Countries
South Africa
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Mappila
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Namibia
France, kerala
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
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
mala1464
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Malayalam Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Malayalam Speaking population
Afrikaans and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Malayalam on Afrikaans vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Malayalam Language Codes
Afrikaans and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.