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Malayalam and Turkish


Turkish and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
11  
5

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
günaydın  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
lütfen  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

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

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
India  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
malayalam  
turc  

German Name
Malayalam  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Turkish  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
29  
27
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
tur  

ISO 639 3
mal  
tur  

ISO 639 6
mal  
tur  

Glottocode
mala1464  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Malayalam and Turkish Speaking population

Malayalam and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Malayalam vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Turkish Language Codes

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

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