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Korean and Malayalam


Malayalam and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
15  
12

How Many Consonants
19  
9
41  
30

Scripts
Hangul  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
coréen  
malayalam  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Malayali  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Malayalam  

Language Position
12  
11
29  
27

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
mal  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
mal  

ISO 639 6
kor  
mal  

Glottocode
kore1280  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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All Korean and Malayalam Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Malayalam Speaking population

Korean and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Malayalam on Korean vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Malayalam Language Codes

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