Countries
Japan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Japan
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Israel, kerala
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
India
Dialect 3
Kansai
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
kansai
France, kerala
Native Name
日本語
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
japonais
malayalam
German Name
Japanisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Malayali
Language Family
Japonic Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early form
Standard Forms
Japanese
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1643
mala1464
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Malayalam Speaking population
Japanese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Malayalam on Japanese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Malayalam Language Codes
Japanese and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.