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Danish vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
15  
12

How Many Consonants
20  
10
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Mange tak  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
God nat  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
God aften  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
God morgen  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Please  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Farvel  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
dansk  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
danois  
malayalam  

German Name
Dänisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Malayali  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Malayalam  

Language Position
18  
16
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
mal  

ISO 639 3
dan  
mal  

ISO 639 6
dan  
mal  

Glottocode
dani1284  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Danish and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Malayalam language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Danish and Malayalam Language History.

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Danish and Malayalam Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Danish and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Malayalam language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Danish vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Malayalam Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Danish and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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