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Malayalam vs Danish


Danish vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
20   
17

How Many Consonants
41   
30
20   
10

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Hallo   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
God nat   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
God morgen   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Please   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Undskyld!   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Farvel   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
India   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
5.50 million   
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
malayalam   
danois   

German Name
Malayalam   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1100 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 Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
dan   

ISO 639 3
mal   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
No data available   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Malayalam and Danish Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Danish language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 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 Danish Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Danish Difficulty

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

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