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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
-  
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
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
سلام علیکم  
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  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

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  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

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 %  
29

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
بلوچی  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

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

French Name
baloutchi  
malayalam  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Malayali  

History

Origin
19th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Malayalam  

Language Position
39  
36
29  
27

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

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
bal  
mal  

Glottocode
balo1260  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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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