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Malayalam and Italian


Italian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
16  
6

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
ciao  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
grazie  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Come stai?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
buongiorno  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Per Favore  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
scusate  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
arrivederci  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
India  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Italiano  

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

French Name
malayalam  
italien  

German Name
Malayalam  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Italians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
960 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Italian  

Language Position
29  
27
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
ita  

ISO 639 3
mal  
ita  

ISO 639 6
mal  
itas  

Glottocode
mala1464  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Malayalam and Italian Speaking population

Malayalam and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Malayalam vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Italian Language Codes

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

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