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Countries

Countries

India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

33
0 46
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National Language

Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Armenian

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

157
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4117
9 60
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Scripts

Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ഹലോ (halēā)
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

നന്ദി (nandi)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

രാവിലെ (rāvile)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

വിട (viṭa)
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Judeo-Malayalam
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Israel, kerala
Greece

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Mappila
Griko

Where They Speak

India
Italy

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Pandy Malayalam
Mariupol

Where They Speak

France, kerala
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

38.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.57 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

malayalam
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Malayalam
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Malayali
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

9th Century
1500 BC

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early form
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Malayalam
Modern Greek

Language Position

2974
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Malayalam
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ml
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mal
ell

ISO 639 2/B

mal
gre

ISO 639 3

mal
ell

ISO 639 6

mal
ells

Glottocode

mala1464
gree1276

Linguasphere

No data available
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Malayalam and Greek Alphabets

Malayalam and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and Greek. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Malayalam and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malayalam and Greek Speaking population

Malayalam and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Malayalam vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Greek Language Codes

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