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German and Malayalam


Malayalam and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

National Language
Germany  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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 English Languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
15  
12

How Many Consonants
9  
1
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Danke  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
bitte  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Tschüs  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Germany  
India  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Texas  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Deutsch  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
allemand  
malayalam  

German Name
Deutsch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Malayali  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Malayalam  

Language Position
9  
9
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
mal  

ISO 639 3
deu  
mal  

ISO 639 6
deus  
mal  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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German and Malayalam Speaking population

German and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of German and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Malayalam on German vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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