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Urdu and Malayalam Speaking countries


Malayalam and Urdu Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Pakistan  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Sanskrit Language  

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Urdu and Malayalam as Minority Language

In Urdu and Malayalam speaking countries you will get the countries which have Urdu and Malayalam as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Urdu as minority language: India.
  • Malayalam as minority language: Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

If you want to compare Urdu and Malayalam dialects, then you can go to Urdu vs Malayalam Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Urdu and Malayalam Regulators

Urdu and Malayalam speaking countries provide you Urdu and Malayalam regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan regulates Urdu language.Malayalam is regulated by Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala. Also get to learn, Urdu and Malayalam Language History.

Urdu and Malayalam Continents

Thinking about Urdu and Malayalam continents in which Urdu and Malayalam speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Urdu and Malayalam. Most of the Urdu speaking countries lie in Asia, Oceania. While Malayalam speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Urdu and Malayalam languages:

Urdu Interesting Facts:

Malayalam Interesting Facts:

The Urdu language was derived from Ghaznavid Persian Language and is similar to Arabic and Hindi Languages whereas Urdu language is similar to Tamil and Sanskrit Languages and derived from Sanskrit Language.

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