Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
China, Taiwan
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yue
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
chinois
malayalam
German Name
Chinesisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Origin
1250 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sini1245
mala1464
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Malayalam Speaking population
Chinese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Malayalam on Chinese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Malayalam Language Codes
Chinese and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.