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Malayalam and Hausa


Hausa and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
-  

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
32  
22

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
sannu  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
India  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
malayalam  
haoussa  

German Name
Malayalam  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
14  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Hausa  

Language Position
29  
27
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
hau  

ISO 639 3
mal  
hau  

ISO 639 6
mal  
hau  

Glottocode
mala1464  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

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

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Malayalam and Hausa Speaking population

Malayalam and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Malayalam vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Hausa Language Codes

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

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