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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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
India   
Niger   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Niger   

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 %   
27
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
14   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Hausa   

Language Position
29   
24
34   
27

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
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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