Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Yue
Where They Speak
France, kerala
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
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French Name
malayalam
chinois
German Name
Malayalam
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Origin
9th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mala1464
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Malayalam and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Chinese Speaking population
Malayalam and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Malayalam vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Chinese Language Codes
Malayalam and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.