Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
dankjewel
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
goedemorgen
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
sorry
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
pardon
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Gronings
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Mappila
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
India
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Limburgian
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
malayalam
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Malayalam
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Dutch people
Origin
9th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early form
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mala1464
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Malayalam and Dutch Speaking population
Malayalam and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Malayalam vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Dutch Language Codes
Malayalam and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.