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Catalan and Malayalam


Malayalam and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
23   
13
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Spain   
India   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Spain   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
Not Available   

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)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1289   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Catalan and Malayalam Speaking population

Catalan and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available 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 Catalan and Malayalam on Catalan vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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