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Sundanese and Malayalam


Malayalam and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Indonesia  
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
  • 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
Madurese and Malay Languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
16  
6
41  
30

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
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
40 weeks  
15
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Nuhun  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
Wilujeng kulem  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Mangga  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Hapunten  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Wilujeng angkat  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Punten  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Banten  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
India  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
16
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
15
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Basa Sunda  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
soundanais  
malayalam  

German Name
Sundanesisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  
Malayali  

History

Origin
5th century AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Sundanese  
Malayalam  

Language Position
42  
39
29  
27

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
su  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sun  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
sun  
mal  

ISO 639 3
sun  
mal  

ISO 639 6
sun  
mal  

Glottocode
sund1251  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Sundanese and Malayalam Speaking population

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

Sundanese and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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