Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
i'bakwon
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
aznallehu
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Gondar
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Gondar
Dialect 2
Mappila
Gojjami
Where They Speak
India
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Showa
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Ethiopia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
malayalam
amharique
German Name
Malayalam
Amharisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Amharas
Origin
9th Century
13th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
No early form
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Amharic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Malayalam and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Amharic Speaking population
Malayalam and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Malayalam vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Amharic Language Codes
Malayalam and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.