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Madurese and Malayalam


Malayalam and Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

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

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Malay and Javanese Languages   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Halo   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
Not Available   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
Not Available   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bawean   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India   

Dialect 3
Bangkalan   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %   
99+
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
Madurese   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
madourais   
malayalam   

German Name
Maduresisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Madurese   
Malayali   

History

Origin
Not Available   
9th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Madurese   
Malayalam   

Language Position
69   
99+
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
mad   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
mad   
mal   

ISO 639 3
mad   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
madu1247   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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 Madurese 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 Madurese and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Madurese and Malayalam Speaking population

Madurese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % 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 Madurese and Malayalam on Madurese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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