Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Nepal
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
pranam
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Suprabhaat
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
kripaya
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
maf karai
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Nepal
Dialect 2
Mappila
Madhubani
Where They Speak
India
North India
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Khortha
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Deoghar, France
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
malayalam
maithili
German Name
Malayalam
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Malayali
Maithil
Origin
9th Century
14th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mala1464
mait1250
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 Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Maithili Speaking population
Malayalam and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Malayalam vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Maithili Language Codes
Malayalam and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.