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Malayalam and Danish


Danish and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
20  
17

How Many Consonants
41  
30
20  
10

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Hallo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
God nat  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
God morgen  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Please  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Farvel  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
India  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
malayalam  
danois  

German Name
Malayalam  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
29  
27
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
dan  

ISO 639 3
mal  
dan  

ISO 639 6
mal  
dan  

Glottocode
mala1464  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Malayalam and Danish Speaking population

Malayalam and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Malayalam vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Danish Language Codes

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

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