Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Japan
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Palau
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Kansai
Where They Speak
France, kerala
kansai
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
日本語
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Not Available
French Name
malayalam
japonais
German Name
Malayalam
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Japanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Malayalam and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Japanese Speaking population
Malayalam and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Malayalam vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Japanese Language Codes
Malayalam and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.