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Japanese and Malayalam


Malayalam and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Japan   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia   

Minority Language
Palau   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
14   
4
41   
30

Scripts
Kana   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
India   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
kansai   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
日本語   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
japonais   
malayalam   

German Name
Japanisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Malayali   

History

Origin
1185   
9th Century   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Malayalam   

Language Position
8   
8
29   
24

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
mal   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Japanese and Malayalam Speaking population

Japanese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Malayalam on Japanese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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