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Malayalam
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Countries

Countries

India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

346
0 46
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National Language

Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
French Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5327
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

155
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4122
9 60
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Scripts

Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ഹലോ (halēā)
hola

Thank You

നന്ദി (nandi)
Gracias

How Are You?

സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Cómo estás?

Good Night

ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Buenos Días

Please

ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Por Favor

Sorry

ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
triste

Bye

വിട (viṭa)
adiós

I Love You

ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Judeo-Malayalam
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Israel, kerala
Mexico

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Mappila
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

India
Cuba

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Pandy Malayalam
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

France, kerala
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

321
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

38.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.57 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Español

Alternative Names

Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

malayalam
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Malayalam
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Malayali
Spanish people

History

Origin

9th Century
210 BC

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early form
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Malayalam
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

292
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Malayalam
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ml
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mal
spa

ISO 639 2/B

mal
spa

ISO 639 3

mal
spa

ISO 639 6

mal
spa

Glottocode

mala1464
stan1288

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Malayalam and Spanish Alphabets

Malayalam and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and Spanish. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Malayalam and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and Spanish languages. The Malayalam phonology consist Malayalam vowels and Malayalam consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malayalam greetings vs Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malayalam and Spanish Speaking population

Malayalam and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Malayalam vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Spanish Language Codes

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