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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
31
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
53NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
155
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4146
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
24
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Mappila
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
34
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.57 %0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
malayalam
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Malayalam
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Malayalam
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
29107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ml
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mal
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mal
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
mal
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mala1464
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available

Malayalam and Shona Alphabets

Malayalam and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and Shona. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Malayalam and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and Shona languages. The Malayalam phonology consist Malayalam vowels and Malayalam consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malayalam greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malayalam and Shona Speaking population

Malayalam and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Malayalam vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Shona Language Codes

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