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Malayalam and Sindhi


Sindhi 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, Sindh   

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   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
41   
30
42   
31

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Arabic, Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Upper Sindh   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
India   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Lari   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Not Available   

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

French Name
malayalam   
sindhi   

German Name
Malayalam   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Sindhi   

Language Position
29   
24
50   
37

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
snd   

ISO 639 3
mal   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
sind1272   

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

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Malayalam and Sindhi Speaking population

Malayalam and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Malayalam vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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