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Oriya and Malayalam


Malayalam and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
India   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
15   
12

How Many Consonants
31   
21
41   
30

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
Not Available   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
India   
Israel, kerala   

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
India   
France, kerala   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
oriya   
malayalam   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Malayali   

History

Origin
3 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Malayalam   

Language Position
32   
26
29   
24

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
mal   

ISO 639 3
ori   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Oriya and Malayalam Speaking population

Oriya and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Oriya and Malayalam on Oriya vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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