Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
شكرا
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
صباح الخير
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
من فضلك
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
آسف
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
أحبك
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Mappila
Sudanese
Where They Speak
India
Sudan
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Levantine
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
malayalam
arabe
German Name
Malayalam
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Origin
9th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
mala1464
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Malayalam and Arabic Speaking population
Malayalam and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Malayalam and Arabic on Malayalam vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Arabic Language Codes
Malayalam and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.