Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Meghalaya
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Khublei
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
thia sukh
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
khublei
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sngewbha
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Map
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
map a nga
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Nonglung
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
France, kerala
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
malayalam
khasi
German Name
Malayalam
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Khasi people
Origin
9th Century
1200 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early form
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Khasi
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
Glottocode
mala1464
khas1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Malayalam and Khasi 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 Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Khasi Speaking population
Malayalam and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Malayalam vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Khasi Language Codes
Malayalam and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.