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Russian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
India   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Russki   

French Name
malayalam   
russe   

German Name
Malayalam   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Russians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
29   
24
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
rus   

ISO 639 3
mal   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Malayalam and Russian Speaking population

Malayalam and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Malayalam vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Russian Language Codes

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

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