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Romanian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
6  
9

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
7  
4

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
alo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
multumesc  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
bună Dimineața  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
scuze  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
La revedere  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
India  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Română  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
malayalam  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Malayalam  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Romanians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1521  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Romanian  

Language Position
29  
27
36  
33

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
rum  

ISO 639 3
mal  
ron  

ISO 639 6
mal  
ron  

Glottocode
mala1464  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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