Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
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Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
tolong
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Israel, kerala
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia
France, kerala
Native Name
Madurese
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
madourais
malayalam
German Name
Maduresisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[madura]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Malayali
Origin
8th Century AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Madurese
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ml
Glottocode
madu1247
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
All Madurese 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 Madurese and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Madurese and Malayalam Speaking population
Madurese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % 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 Madurese and Malayalam on Madurese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Madurese and Malayalam Language Codes
Madurese and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.