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Malayalam and Hindi


Hindi and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
11  
8

How Many Consonants
41  
30
33  
23

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
India  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
malayalam  
hindi  

German Name
Malayalam  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
29  
27
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
hin  

ISO 639 3
mal  
hin  

ISO 639 6
mal  
hins  

Glottocode
mala1464  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Malayalam and Hindi Speaking population

Malayalam and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Malayalam vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Hindi Language Codes

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

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