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Malayalam
Malayalam

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Countries

Countries

India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

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.
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.

Similar To

Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5351
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1511
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4140
9 60
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Scripts

Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

22
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ഹലോ (halēā)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

നന്ദി (nandi)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

രാവിലെ (rāvile)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

വിട (viṭa)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Judeo-Malayalam
Chakma

Where They Speak

Israel, kerala
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Mappila
Hajong

Where They Speak

India
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Pandy Malayalam
Rarhi

Where They Speak

France, kerala
India

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

38.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.57 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

malayalam
bengali

German Name

Malayalam
Bengali

Pronunciation

[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Malayali
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

9th Century
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early form
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Malayalam
Bengali

Language Position

294
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Malayalam
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ml
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mal
ben

ISO 639 2/B

mal
ben

ISO 639 3

mal
ben

ISO 639 6

mal
ben

Glottocode

mala1464
beng1280

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Malayalam and Bengali Alphabets

Malayalam and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and Bengali. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Malayalam and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and Bengali languages. The Malayalam phonology consist Malayalam vowels and Malayalam consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malayalam greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malayalam and Bengali Speaking population

Malayalam and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Malayalam vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Bengali Language Codes

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