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Malayalam and Dutch


Dutch and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
6   
9

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Hallo   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
goedemorgen   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
sorry   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
India   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
malayalam   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Malayalam   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
29   
24
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
dut   

ISO 639 3
mal   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Malayalam and Dutch Speaking population

Malayalam and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Malayalam vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Dutch Language Codes

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

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