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Malayalam and Igbo


Igbo and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
28  
18

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
kedụ  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Biko  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Ndo  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Kachifo  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
India  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Ibo  

French Name
malayalam  
igbo  

German Name
Malayalam  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
29  
27
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
mal  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
mal  
ibo  

Glottocode
mala1464  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Malayalam and Igbo Speaking population

Malayalam and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Malayalam vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Igbo Language Codes

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

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