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Malayalam and Kurdish


Kurdish and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
29  
19

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Silaw  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Bibûre  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

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

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
malayalam  
kurde  

German Name
Malayalam  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Kurds  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Kurdish  

Language Position
29  
27
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
kur  

ISO 639 3
mal  
kur  

ISO 639 6
mal  
kur  

Glottocode
mala1464  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Malayalam and Kurdish Speaking population

Malayalam and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Malayalam vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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