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Malayalam and Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
16   
13

How Many Consonants
41   
30
36   
26

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Devanagari   

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
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Not present   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
14.10 million   
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Not Available   

French Name
malayalam   
sanskrit   

German Name
Malayalam   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
san   

ISO 639 3
mal   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Malayalam and Sanskrit Speaking population

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

Malayalam and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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