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English and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
33  
2

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

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
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Hello  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Good Morning  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Please  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Sorry  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Bye  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
American English  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
India  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
English  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Not Available  

French Name
malayalam  
anglais  

German Name
Malayalam  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th Century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard English  

Language Position
29  
24
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
eng  

ISO 639 3
mal  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
mala1464  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Malayalam and English Speaking population

Malayalam and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and English languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Malayalam vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and English Language Codes

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

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