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Malayalam and Croatian


Croatian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
9   
7

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
25   
15

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
bok   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
hvala   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
kako si   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
laku noć   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
dobro jutro   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
molim   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Oprostite   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
India   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
hrvatski   

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

French Name
malayalam   
croate   

German Name
Malayalam   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Croats   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th 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   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
29   
24
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
mal   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Malayalam and Croatian Speaking population

Malayalam and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Malayalam vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Croatian Language Codes

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

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