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Malayalam and Arabic


Arabic and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
23   
4

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
8   
5

How Many Consonants
41   
30
28   
18

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
صباح الخير   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
آسف   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
وداعا   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
India   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
malayalam   
arabe   

German Name
Malayalam   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Arabs   

History

Origin
9th Century   
512 CE   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
29   
24
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
ara   

ISO 639 3
mal   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Malayalam and Arabic Speaking population

Malayalam and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Malayalam vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Arabic Language Codes

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

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