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Gujarati and Malayalam


Malayalam and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
India  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
-  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
15  
12

How Many Consonants
31  
21
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Surati  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
-  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
goudjrati  
malayalam  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Malayali  

History

Origin
15  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Malayalam  

Language Position
23  
21
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
mal  

ISO 639 3
guj  
mal  

ISO 639 6
guj  
mal  

Glottocode
guja1252  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Gujarati and Malayalam Speaking population

Gujarati and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Malayalam on Gujarati vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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