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Malayalam and Estonian


Estonian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Estonia, Gambia  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
41  
30
18  
8

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Tere  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Palun  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Vabandust  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Head aega  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
India  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Eesti keel  

French Name
malayalam  
estonien  

German Name
Malayalam  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Estonians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Estonian  

Language Position
29  
27
22  
20

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
est  

ISO 639 3
mal  
est  

ISO 639 6
mal  
est  

Glottocode
mala1464  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Malayalam and Estonian Speaking population

Malayalam and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Malayalam vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Estonian Language Codes

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

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