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Catalan and Malayalam


Malayalam and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Gràcies  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
Bona nit  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Sisplau  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Perdó!  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Adéu  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
T'estimo  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Spain  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Spain  
France, kerala  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
Not Available  

Native Name
català  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
malayalam  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Malayalam  

Language Position
Not Available  
29  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
mal  

ISO 639 3
cat  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Catalan and Malayalam Speaking population

Catalan and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available 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 Catalan and Malayalam on Catalan vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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