Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Zimbabwe
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Masikati
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Mangwanani
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Mappila
Karanga
Where They Speak
India
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Zezuru
Where They Speak
France, kerala
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
malayalam
shona
German Name
Malayalam
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Shona people
Origin
9th Century
20th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early form
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mala1464
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-
All Malayalam and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Shona Speaking population
Malayalam and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona 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 Shona on Malayalam vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Shona Language Codes
Malayalam and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.