Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Indonesia
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Indonesia
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Sugeng énjing
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Not Available
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Mappila
Cirebon
Where They Speak
India
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Arekan
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Indonesia
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
malayalam
javanais
German Name
Malayalam
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
9th Century
450 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Javanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Malayalam and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Javanese Speaking population
Malayalam and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Malayalam vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Javanese Language Codes
Malayalam and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
