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Russian and Malayalam


Malayalam and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Russia  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
India  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Русский  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
russe  
malayalam  

German Name
Russisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Malayali  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Malayalam  

Language Position
7  
7
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
mal  

ISO 639 3
rus  
mal  

ISO 639 6
rus  
mal  

Glottocode
russ1263  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Russian and Malayalam Speaking population

Russian and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Malayalam on Russian vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Malayalam Language Codes

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