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Russian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Cyrillic  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
India  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Русский  

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

French Name
malayalam  
russe  

German Name
Malayalam  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Russians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
29  
27
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
rus  

ISO 639 3
mal  
rus  

ISO 639 6
mal  
rus  

Glottocode
mala1464  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Malayalam and Russian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Russian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Russian Difficulty

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

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