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Assamese and Malayalam


Malayalam and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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  • 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
Bengali and Oriya  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
15  
12

How Many Consonants
41  
30
41  
30

Scripts
Bengali  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
anugroha kori  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
biḍai  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
India  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Assam  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
assamais  
malayalam  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Malayalam  

Language Position
65  
99+
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
mal  

ISO 639 3
asm  
mal  

ISO 639 6
asm  
mal  

Glottocode
assa1263  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Assamese and Malayalam Speaking population

Assamese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % 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 Assamese and Malayalam on Assamese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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