Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
malayalam
pachto
German Name
Malayalam
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Pashtun
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Malayalam and Pashto Speaking population
Malayalam and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. 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 Pashto on Malayalam vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Pashto Language Codes
Malayalam and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.