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Malayalam vs Albanian


Albanian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Romanian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
7   
4

How Many Consonants
41   
30
29   
19

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
mirëmengjes   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Me fal   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
India   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Not Available   

French Name
malayalam   
albanais   

German Name
Malayalam   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Albanians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
alb   

ISO 639 3
mal   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
No data available   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Malayalam and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Albanian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD. 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 Malayalam and Albanian Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Albanian Difficulty

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

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