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Bengali and Malayalam


Malayalam and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
15  
12

How Many Consonants
40  
29
41  
30

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
India  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
India  
France, kerala  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
16
Not Available  

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
bengali  
malayalam  

German Name
Bengali  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Malayali  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Malayalam  

Language Position
4  
4
29  
24

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
mal  

ISO 639 3
ben  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
beng1280  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Bengali and Malayalam Speaking population

Bengali and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Malayalam on Bengali vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Malayalam Language Codes

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