Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
- 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2753
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2341
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hola
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Gràcies
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Com estàs?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Bona nit
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Bona nit
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Bon dia
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Sisplau
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Perdó!
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Adéu
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
T'estimo
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Caló
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
440,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Valencian
Mappila
Where They Speak
Spain
India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Spain
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.10 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
català
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
catalan; valencien
malayalam
German Name
Katalanisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Catalan people
Malayali
Origin
c. 1028
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Malayalam
Language Position
3229
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ca
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cat
mal
ISO 639 2/B
cat
mal
ISO 639 3
cat
mal
ISO 639 6
cat
mal
Glottocode
stan1289
mala1464
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic