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Malayalam



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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala

Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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

Amharic and Hebrew
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2853
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

815
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2841
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

42
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
ഹലോ (halēā)

Thank You

شكرا
നന്ദി (nandi)

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)

Good Night

تصبح على خير
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)

Good Evening

مساء الخير
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)

Good Morning

صباح الخير
രാവിലെ (rāvile)

Please

من فضلك
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)

Sorry

آسف
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)

Bye

وداعا
വിട (viṭa)

I Love You

أحبك
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)

Excuse Me

اعذرني
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Judeo-Malayalam

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Israel, kerala

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Mappila

Where They Speak

Sudan
India

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Pandy Malayalam

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
France, kerala

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

263
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million38.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.57 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million38.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million38.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla

French Name

arabe
malayalam

German Name

Arabisch
Malayalam

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Malayali

History

Origin

512 CE
9th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Semitic
-

Branch

North Arabic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early form

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Malayalam

Language Position

2529
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Malayalam

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
ml

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
mal

ISO 639 2/B

ara
mal

ISO 639 3

ara
mal

ISO 639 6

ara
mal

Glottocode

arab1395
mala1464

Linguasphere

12-AAC
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Arabic and Malayalam Alphabets

Arabic and Malayalam Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Malayalam. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Arabic and Malayalam languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Malayalam languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Malayalam greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Malayalam are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic 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 Arabic and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Malayalam Speaking population

Arabic and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Malayalam on Arabic vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Malayalam Language Codes

Arabic and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.