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Italian vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
16   
6
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
grazie   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
buonasera   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
Per Favore   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
scusate   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
arrivederci   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
India   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
italien   
malayalam   

German Name
Italienisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Malayali   

History

Origin
960 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Malayalam   

Language Position
27   
23
29   
24

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
mal   

ISO 639 3
ita   
mal   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Italian and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Malayalam language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Malayalam Language History.

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Italian 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 Italian and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Malayalam language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Italian vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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