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Malayalam and Sindhi


Sindhi and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
42  
31

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic, Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
India  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Lari  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
سنڌي  

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

French Name
malayalam  
sindhi  

German Name
Malayalam  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[sɪndi]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Sindhi people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Sindhi  

Language Position
29  
27
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
snd  

ISO 639 3
mal  
snd  

ISO 639 6
mal  
snd  

Glottocode
mala1464  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Malayalam and Sindhi Speaking population

Malayalam and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Malayalam vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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