Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Saraiki
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Doabi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
malayalam
pendjabi
German Name
Malayalam
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Malayali
Punjabis
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early form
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Malayalam and Punjabi Speaking population
Malayalam and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Malayalam vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Punjabi Language Codes
Malayalam and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.