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Malayalam and Punjabi


Punjabi and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
41  
30
41  
30

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
India  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
malayalam  
pendjabi  

German Name
Malayalam  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
29  
24
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
pan  

ISO 639 3
mal  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Malayalam and Punjabi Speaking population

Malayalam and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Malayalam vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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