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Oriya and Malayalam


Malayalam and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
India  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
-  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • 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
Bengali and Assamese  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
15  
12

How Many Consonants
31  
21
41  
30

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
India  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
India  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
oriya  
malayalam  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Malayali  

History

Origin
3 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Malayalam  

Language Position
32  
30
29  
27

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
mal  

ISO 639 3
ori  
mal  

ISO 639 6
ori  
mal  

Glottocode
macr1269  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oriya and Malayalam Speaking population

Oriya and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Malayalam on Oriya vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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