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Malayalam and Urdu


Urdu and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
India   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
41   
30
40   
29

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
الوداع   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
اُردُو   

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

French Name
malayalam   
ourdou   

German Name
Malayalam   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
29   
24
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
urd   

ISO 639 3
mal   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Malayalam and Urdu Speaking population

Malayalam and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Malayalam vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Urdu Language Codes

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

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