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Malayalam and Indonesian


Indonesian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Halo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
maaf  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Indonesia  

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

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
India  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
malayalam  
indonésien  

German Name
Malayalam  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Indonesian  

Language Position
29  
27
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
ind  

ISO 639 3
mal  
ind  

ISO 639 6
mal  
ind  

Glottocode
mala1464  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Malayalam and Indonesian Speaking population

Malayalam and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Malayalam vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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