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Kashmiri and Malayalam


Malayalam and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
India, Pakistan  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
-  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
15  
12

How Many Consonants
27  
17
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
مهربانی کر  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
India  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
kashmiri  
malayalam  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Malayali  

History

Origin
12th 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
Kashmiri  
Malayalam  

Language Position
23  
21
29  
27

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
mal  

ISO 639 3
kas  
mal  

ISO 639 6
kas  
mal  

Glottocode
kash1277  
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 Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Kashmiri and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kashmiri are spoken in different Kashmiri Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kashmiri vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari, Poguli. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kashmiri and Malayalam Speaking population

Kashmiri and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 % 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 Kashmiri and Malayalam on Kashmiri vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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