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Malayalam and Korean


Korean and Malayalam


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
21  
18

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

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

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

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

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

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

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
India  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
China, North Korea  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
한국어 (조선말)  

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

French Name
malayalam  
coréen  

German Name
Malayalam  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Koreans  

History

Origin
9th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

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

Language Position
29  
27
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
kor  

ISO 639 3
mal  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
mal  
kor  

Glottocode
mala1464  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Malayalam and Korean 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 Malayalam and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malayalam and Korean Speaking population

Malayalam and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Malayalam and Korean on Malayalam vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Korean Language Codes

Malayalam and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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