Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Unjani
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Molo
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Ndicela
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
South Africa
Where They Speak
India
South Africa
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Hlubi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
malayalam
xhosa
German Name
Malayalam
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
9th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Malayalam and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Xhosa Speaking population
Malayalam and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Malayalam vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Xhosa Language Codes
Malayalam and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.