Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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