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Malayalam vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
-  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
31  
21

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
India  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Surati  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
malayalam  
goudjrati  

German Name
Malayalam  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
9th Century  
15  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
29  
27
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
guj  

ISO 639 3
mal  
guj  

ISO 639 6
mal  
guj  

Glottocode
mala1464  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Malayalam and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Gujarati language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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