Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
European Union, Malta
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Grazzi
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kif int?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Skużani!
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Qormi
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Malta
Where They Speak
India
Malta
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Not Present
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Malti
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Malti
French Name
malayalam
maltais
German Name
Malayalam
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Maltese
Origin
9th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Abric
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Malayalam and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Maltese Speaking population
Malayalam and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Malayalam vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Maltese Language Codes
Malayalam and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.