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Malayalam and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
3  
12

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
-  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Thank you  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Please  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Sorry  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Bye  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
I love you  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
India  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
English  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

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

French Name
anglais  
malayalam  

German Name
Englisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Malayalam  

Language Position
3  
3
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
mal  

ISO 639 3
eng  
mal  

ISO 639 6
engs  
mal  

Glottocode
stan1293  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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English and Malayalam Speaking population

English and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of English and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Malayalam on English vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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