Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Pakistan
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
خوش آمديد
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
براہ مہربانی
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
India
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Mappila
Where They Speak
India
India
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
South Asia
France, kerala
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
اُردُو
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
ourdou
malayalam
German Name
Urdu
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Malayali
Origin
12th Century CE
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
urdu1245
mala1464
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Urdu 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 Urdu and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Malayalam Speaking population
Urdu and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Malayalam on Urdu vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Malayalam Language Codes
Urdu and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
