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Malayalam vs Basque


Basque vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
France, Spain   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Spanish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Kaixo   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Gabon   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Egun on   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Mesedez   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Barkatu   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Agur   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
India   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
7.20 million   
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
malayalam   
basque   

German Name
Malayalam   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Basque people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Basque   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
baq   

ISO 639 3
mal   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Malayalam and Basque Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Basque language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Basque Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Basque Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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