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Bhojpuri and Malayalam


Malayalam and Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
3  
12

National Language
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri 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
Maithili and Magahi  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
15  
12

How Many Consonants
34  
24
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
India  
France, kerala  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
31
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
38.00 million  
26

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
bhojpuri  
malayalam  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Malayali  

History

Origin
19th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Malayalam  

Language Position
37  
29
29  
24

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
mal  

ISO 639 3
bho  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
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 Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bhojpuri and Malayalam Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % 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 Bhojpuri and Malayalam on Bhojpuri vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Malayalam Language Codes

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