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Malayalam vs Spanish


Spanish vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
46   
1

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
22   
12

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)   
hola   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Buenos Días   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
triste   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
adiós   

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

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
India   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Español   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
malayalam   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Malayalam   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
29   
24
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
spa   

ISO 639 3
mal   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Malayalam and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Spanish language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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