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Sanskrit and Malayalam


Malayalam and Sanskrit


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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
15   
12

How Many Consonants
36   
26
41   
30

Scripts
Devanagari   
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
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Israel, kerala   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
sanskrit   
malayalam   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Malayali   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
mal   

ISO 639 3
san   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Sanskrit and Malayalam Speaking population

Sanskrit and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Malayalam on Sanskrit vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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