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Malayalam and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
15  
12

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
India  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
हिन्दी  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
hindi  
malayalam  

German Name
Hindi  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
7th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Malayalam  

Language Position
5  
5
29  
27

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
mal  

ISO 639 3
hin  
mal  

ISO 639 6
hins  
mal  

Glottocode
hind1269  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Hindi and Malayalam Speaking population

Hindi and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Malayalam on Hindi vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Malayalam Language Codes

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