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Assamese and Malayalam


Malayalam and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, 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
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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  • 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 Oriya   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
15   
12

How Many Consonants
41   
30
41   
30

Scripts
Bengali   
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
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
anugroha kori   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
biḍai   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
India   

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Assam   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
assamais   
malayalam   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Malayalam   

Language Position
65   
99+
29   
24

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
mal   

ISO 639 3
asm   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Assamese and Malayalam Speaking population

Assamese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % 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 Assamese and Malayalam on Assamese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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