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Arabic and Malayalam


Malayalam and Arabic


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
23  
4
3  
12

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
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
15  
12

How Many Consonants
28  
18
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

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
310,000,000.00  
2
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
India  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
38.00 million  
23

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
25  
23
29  
27

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  

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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.

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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.

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