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Malayalam and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Poland  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Latvian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
20  
10

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Labas rytas  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Prašom  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Ate  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
India  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Lithuania  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
malayalam  
lituanien  

German Name
Malayalam  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
29  
27
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
lit  

ISO 639 3
mal  
lit  

ISO 639 6
mal  
lit  

Glottocode
mala1464  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Malayalam and Lithuanian Speaking population

Malayalam and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Lithuanian on Malayalam vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Lithuanian Language Codes

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

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