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Malayalam and Cantonese


Cantonese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
China, Guangdong   

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   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
8   
5

How Many Consonants
41   
30
20   
10

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
您好   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
晚安   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
下午好   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
早上好   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
请   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
遗憾   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
再见   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
India   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
malayalam   
Not Available   

German Name
Malayalam   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mal   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Malayalam and Cantonese Speaking population

Malayalam and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Malayalam vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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