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Malayalam vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
26  
16

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
жал (žal)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Debar  

Where They Speak
India  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
malayalam  
macédonien  

German Name
Malayalam  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Macedonian  

Language Position
29  
27
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
mac  

ISO 639 3
mal  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
mal  
mkd  

Glottocode
mala1464  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Malayalam and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Macedonian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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