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Malayalam and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

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  
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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
16  
13

How Many Consonants
41  
30
36  
26

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
-  

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
malayalam  
sanskrit  

German Name
Malayalam  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
9th Century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
29  
27
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
san  

ISO 639 3
mal  
san  

ISO 639 6
mal  
san  

Glottocode
mala1464  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Malayalam and Sanskrit Speaking population

Malayalam and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Malayalam vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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