Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Dankie
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
goeie nag
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
goeie more
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
asseblief
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
jammer
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Not Available
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Cape Dutch
French Name
malayalam
afrikaans
German Name
Malayalam
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Afrikaners
Origin
9th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early form
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
mala1464
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
All Malayalam and Afrikaans 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 Malayalam and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Afrikaans Speaking population
Malayalam and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Malayalam and Afrikaans on Malayalam vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Afrikaans Language Codes
Malayalam and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.