Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Chakma
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Rarhi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
India
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
malayalam
bengali
German Name
Malayalam
Bengali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
9th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early form
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Bengali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Malayalam and Bengali Speaking population
Malayalam and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Malayalam vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Bengali Language Codes
Malayalam and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.