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Malayalam and Balochi


Balochi and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Iran  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Balochi Academy, 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.
  
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Kurdish and Persian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
26  
16

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Salam  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
mana bebahgsh  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
chone tao?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
jawáin shap  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
jawáin begáh  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
jawáin sawáh  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Mihrabani kan  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
bebaksh / bebagsh  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
bye  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Tu mana doost biyeh  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
mana bebahgsh  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Eastern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Western Balochi  

Where They Speak
India  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Southern Balochi  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,400,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
7.60 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
بلوچی  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Baluchi  

French Name
malayalam  
baloutchi  

German Name
Malayalam  
Belutschisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Balochi  

Language Position
29  
24
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
bal  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
bal  

ISO 639 3
mal  
bal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
balo1260  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Malayalam and Balochi Speaking population

Malayalam and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. 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 Balochi on Malayalam vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Balochi Language Codes

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

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