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Overview:
There are 10 differences and 7 similarities between Malayalam, Tamil
| Language Family and Writing System |
| Writing System |
| Malayalam |
Tamil |
| Script(s) Used |
| (malay Am) |
(tamil ) |
| Family |
| Dravidian |
Dravidian |
| Subgroup |
| Southern |
Southern |
| 3 Letter Code |
| Mal |
Tam |
|
| Number of Speakers |
|
Number of Native speakers (millions) |
| 34 million |
63.1 million |
|
Native Speakers as % of World |
| 0.7 % |
1.4 % |
|
Total Number of Speakers (millions) |
| 35 million |
68 million |
|
Total Speakers as % of World |
| 1 % |
0.9 % |
| Language Systems |
| Noun declensions |
| Eight Cases |
Many Cases |
| Sequence |
| Sov |
Sov |
| Tonal |
| No |
No |
| Agglutinative language |
| Yes |
Yes |
| Geographic Distribution |
| Official language in |
 India
 Singapore
Sri Lanka |
India Singapore Sri Lanka |
| Official Language of United Nations |
| No |
No |
| Countries Spoken In |
| Malaysia, Singapore, India |
Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa |
|
No. of Countries Spoken In |
| 3 |
6 |