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Malayalam and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
0  
15

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
11  
8

How Many Consonants
41  
30
34  
24

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
India  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
malayalam  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Malayalam  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Not Available  

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  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
29  
24
37  
29

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  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
bho  

ISO 639 3
mal  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

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

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Malayalam and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Malayalam and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Malayalam vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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