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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
1.8 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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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41
Rank: 30 (Overall)
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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10
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
您好
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
早上好
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
遗憾
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
再见
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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4.2 Dialect 2
Mappila
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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38.00 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.57 %
Rank: 27 (Overall)
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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38.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall)
52.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
malayalam
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5.3.5 German Name
Malayalam
Not Available
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
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6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
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6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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6.4 Scope
Individual
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7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mal
Not Available
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mal
Not Available
7.3 ISO 639 3
mal
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mala1464
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
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7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Malayalam and Cantonese Alphabets

Malayalam and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and Cantonese. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Malayalam and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malayalam and Cantonese Speaking population

Malayalam and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Malayalam vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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