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Malayalam vs Italian


Italian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
16   
6

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
ciao   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
grazie   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Come stai?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
buongiorno   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Per Favore   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
scusate   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
arrivederci   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
India   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Italiano   

French Name
malayalam   
italien   

German Name
Malayalam   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Italians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
960 BC   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Italian   

Language Position
29   
24
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
ita   

ISO 639 3
mal   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
mala1464   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Malayalam and Italian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Italian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Italian Difficulty

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

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