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Malayalam and Bosnian


Bosnian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
University of Sarajevo  

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.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
25  
15

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Zdravo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Kako si?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
molim vas  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Oprostite  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Zbogom  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
India  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
malayalam  
bosniaque  

German Name
Malayalam  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Bosnian  

Language Position
29  
27
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
bos  

ISO 639 3
mal  
bos  

ISO 639 6
mal  
boss  

Glottocode
mala1464  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Malayalam and Bosnian Speaking population

Malayalam and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 %. 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 Bosnian on Malayalam vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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