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Malayalam and Basque


Basque and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Kaixo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Gabon  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Egun on  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Mesedez  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Barkatu  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Agur  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
France  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
India  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
malayalam  
basque  

German Name
Malayalam  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Basque people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Basque  

Language Position
29  
27
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
baq  

ISO 639 3
mal  
eus  

ISO 639 6
mal  
eus  

Glottocode
mala1464  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Malayalam and Basque Speaking population

Malayalam and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Malayalam vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Basque Language Codes

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

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