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Konkani and Malayalam


Malayalam and Konkani


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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
15  
12

How Many Consonants
36  
26
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Chike  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Maf kor  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Adeus  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Not present  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Not present  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
-  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
konkani  
malayalam  

German Name
Konkani  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Malayali  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Malayalam  

Language Position
23  
21
29  
27

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
mal  

ISO 639 3
kok  
mal  

ISO 639 6
kok  
mal  

Glottocode
goan1235  
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 Konkani 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 Konkani and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Malayalam Speaking population

Konkani and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Malayalam on Konkani vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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