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Malayalam and Gujarati


Gujarati and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
8   
5

How Many Consonants
41   
30
31   
21

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
India   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
malayalam   
goudjrati   

German Name
Malayalam   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
9th Century   
15   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
29   
24
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
guj   

ISO 639 3
mal   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Malayalam and Gujarati Speaking population

Malayalam and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Malayalam vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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