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Malayalam and Javanese


Javanese 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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
-  

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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Halo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
malayalam  
javanais  

German Name
Malayalam  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
9th Century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Javanese  

Language Position
29  
27
11  
10

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
jav  

ISO 639 3
mal  
jav  

ISO 639 6
mal  
jav  

Glottocode
mala1464  
java1253  

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

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Malayalam and Javanese Speaking population

Malayalam and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Malayalam vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Javanese Language Codes

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

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