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Malayalam and Serbian


Serbian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
25  
15

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
India  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Montenegrin  

French Name
malayalam  
serbe  

German Name
Malayalam  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Serbs  

History

Origin
9th Century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
29  
27
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
srp  

ISO 639 3
mal  
srp  

ISO 639 6
mal  
srp  

Glottocode
mala1464  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Malayalam and Serbian Speaking population

Malayalam and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Malayalam vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Serbian Language Codes

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

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