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Malayalam and Sundanese


Sundanese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
West Java   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Indonesia   

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   
Not Available   

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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Madurese and Malay Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
16   
6

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin, Sundanese   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Halo   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Nuhun   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Kumaha kabarna?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Wilujeng kulem   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Wilujeng wengi   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Wilujeng siang   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Wilujeng énjing   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Mangga   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Hapunten   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Wilujeng angkat   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Punten   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Banten   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Northern dialect   

Where They Speak
India   
Bogor   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Priangan dialect   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Bandung   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Priangan, Sunda   

French Name
malayalam   
soundanais   

German Name
Malayalam   
Sundanesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   

History

Origin
9th Century   
5th century AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Sundanese   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
su   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
sun   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
sun   

ISO 639 3
mal   
sun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
sund1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Malayalam and Sundanese Speaking population

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

Malayalam and Sundanese Language Codes

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

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