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Malayalam and Japanese


Japanese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Palau  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
14  
4

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
India  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
日本語  

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

French Name
malayalam  
japonais  

German Name
Malayalam  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Japanese  

Language Position
29  
27
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
mal  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
mal  
jpn  

Glottocode
mala1464  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Malayalam and Japanese Speaking population

Malayalam and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Malayalam vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Japanese Language Codes

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

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