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Marathi and Malayalam


Malayalam and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
India  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
15  
12

How Many Consonants
36  
26
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
India  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
marathe  
malayalam  

German Name
Marathi  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
10th century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Malayalam  

Language Position
17  
15
29  
27

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
mal  

ISO 639 3
mar  
mal  

ISO 639 6
mar  
mal  

Glottocode
mara1378  
mala1464  

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

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Marathi and Malayalam Speaking population

Marathi and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam 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 Marathi and Malayalam on Marathi vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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