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Malayalam and Javanese


Javanese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Halo   

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
76.00 million   
13

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)   

History

Origin
9th Century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Javanese   

Language Position
29   
24
11   
10

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
jav   

ISO 639 3
mal   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
java1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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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.

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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.

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