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Language Comparison: Malayalam vs Makassar
Explore the linguistic characteristics and features of both languages
Aspect | Malayalam | Makassar |
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Family | Dravidian | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 35 million | Approximately 2.1 million |
Features | A Dravidian language known for its rich literary history, extensive use of agglutination, and a highly phonetic script that captures distinct sounds; spoken mainly in the southwestern state of Kerala in India | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. |
Countries | India (primarily in Kerala), with speakers in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, and among diaspora communities | Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas) |
Writing System | Malayalam script | Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use) |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | Yes, with multiple cases including nominative, accusative, dative, and instrumental | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships |
Derived From | Old Tamil, with influences from Sanskrit and Prakrit | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian |
Loanwords | From Sanskrit, Tamil, English, and Arabic | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch |
Dialects | Includes several dialects such as Malabar Malayalam, Travancore Malayalam, and Central Kerala dialects, with variations in vocabulary and pronunciation | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar |
Alphabets | เด
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