Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
nomoskaar
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
subhoraattri
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
subha abeli
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
suprobhaat
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
anugroha kori
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
moi ḍukkhita
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Western Assam
Dialect 2
Mappila
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
India
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Assam
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
malayalam
assamais
German Name
Malayalam
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Assamese people
Origin
9th Century
7th century A.D
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early form
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Assamese
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Assamese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mala1464
assa1263
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-w
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Malayalam and Assamese 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 Malayalam and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Assamese Speaking population
Malayalam and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Malayalam vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Assamese Language Codes
Malayalam and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.