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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
31
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5353
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1510
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4143
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
23
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Molo
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Molo
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Mappila
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
39
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million20.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.57 %0.11 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million8.20 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA11.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
malayalam
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Malayalam
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
16th 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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Malayalam
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
29NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ml
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mal
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mal
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
mal
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mala1464
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available

Malayalam and Xhosa Alphabets

Malayalam and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and Xhosa. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Malayalam and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malayalam and Xhosa Speaking population

Malayalam and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Malayalam vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Xhosa Language Codes

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