Malayalam language has around 50,000 words in its vocabulary.
Tamil and Malayalam are different languages with distinct alphabets and grammar structures, so speaking one to the other would not be possible. However, some similar words may exist due to historical and cultural connections between the two languages.
English word gender means Lingam in Malayalam. (NB: this word lingam also have a meaning - penis; sexual and (in mammals) urinatory organ of male animal.)
It is actually not possible to count the exact number of words in any language, because there is no universally accepted definition of what a word is. However, if your definition of an "English word" includes borrowed words, then English has more words than any other language.
Malayalam originated from ancient Tamil in the 6th century, of which Modern Tamil was also derived. An alternative theory proposes a split in more ancient times. Before Malayalam came into being, Old Tamil was used in literature and courts of a region called Tamilakam, a famous example being Silappatikaram. While Dravidian Tamil used to be the ruling language of the Chera DynastyThough Malayalam is of Dravidian origin, it is composed of 80% Sanskrit words...
Vietnamese language has approximately 10,000 root words and a total of about 40,000 words when variations and derivatives are included.
To look at words that have entered English from other languages, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_English_loanwords_by_country_or_language_of_origin There is no entry for Malayalam, but there are links to loanwords from Sanskrit and Tamil.
Since Malayalam language is fully developed in someway now there is a tendency to borrow words from other languages. So that in the Malayalam language also the Mobile is called mobile.(And not Movelu).
Tamil and Malayalam are different languages with distinct alphabets and grammar structures, so speaking one to the other would not be possible. However, some similar words may exist due to historical and cultural connections between the two languages.
By the inclusion of words from other languages
English word gender means Lingam in Malayalam. (NB: this word lingam also have a meaning - penis; sexual and (in mammals) urinatory organ of male animal.)
It is actually not possible to count the exact number of words in any language, because there is no universally accepted definition of what a word is. However, if your definition of an "English word" includes borrowed words, then English has more words than any other language.
pustakam
Malayalam originated from ancient Tamil in the 6th century, of which Modern Tamil was also derived. An alternative theory proposes a split in more ancient times. Before Malayalam came into being, Old Tamil was used in literature and courts of a region called Tamilakam, a famous example being Silappatikaram. While Dravidian Tamil used to be the ruling language of the Chera DynastyThough Malayalam is of Dravidian origin, it is composed of 80% Sanskrit words...
The phrase 'has been granted' translates to Malayalam as അനുവദിച്ചു
Vietnamese language has approximately 10,000 root words and a total of about 40,000 words when variations and derivatives are included.
cintea
The words for "owl" in Malayalam are moonga, koomen, naththu (മൂങ്ങ, കൂമ൯, നത്ത്).