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Malayalam and Oriya


Oriya 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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
11   
8

How Many Consonants
41   
30
31   
21

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Not Available   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
India   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
33.00 million   
28

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
malayalam   
oriya   

German Name
Malayalam   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Odias   

History

Origin
9th Century   
3 BC   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
29   
24
32   
26

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
ori   

ISO 639 3
mal   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
macr1269   

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

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Malayalam and Oriya Speaking population

Malayalam and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Malayalam vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Oriya Language Codes

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

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