Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Sawubona
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
unjani
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Mappila
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
India
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Ndebele
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Zimbabwe
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
malayalam
zoulou
German Name
Malayalam
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Zulu people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
No early form
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Malayalam and Zulu 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 Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Zulu Speaking population
Malayalam and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Malayalam vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Zulu Language Codes
Malayalam and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.