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Balochi and Malayalam


Malayalam and Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Iran   
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
  • 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
Kurdish and Persian   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
15   
12

How Many Consonants
26   
16
41   
30

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
mana bebahgsh   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
chone tao?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
jawáin shap   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
jawáin begáh   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
Mihrabani kan   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
bye   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Balochi   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   
France, kerala   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
بلوچی   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Baluchi   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
baloutchi   
malayalam   

German Name
Belutschisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   
Malayali   

History

Origin
19th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Balochi   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
bal   
mal   

ISO 639 3
bal   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
balo1260   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Balochi and Malayalam Speaking population

Balochi and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % 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 Balochi and Malayalam on Balochi vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Balochi and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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