Countries
Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
3
12
2
13
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Alphabets
53
32
29
11
Phonology
How Many Vowels
15
12
12
9
How Many Consonants
41
30
17
7
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
2
1
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
30 weeks
9
Greetings
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
e dupe
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
e kaasan
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
e kaaro
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Jowo
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
binu
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
bye
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialects
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
500,000.00
34
Dialect 2
Mappila
Ede
Where They Speak
India
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
800,000.00
27
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
10,000.00
34
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
20
18
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
33
30.00 million
36
Speaking Population
0.57 %
27
0.42 %
32
Native Speakers
38.00 million
26
28.00 million
29
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
malayalam
yoruba
German Name
Malayalam
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Yoruba people
History
Origin
9th Century
4 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
Branch
Not Available
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Yorùbá
Language Position
29
24
49
36
Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ml
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
yor
ISO 639 2/B
mal
yor
ISO 639 3
mal
yor
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
