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Malayalam vs Sundanese


Sundanese vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
West Java   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Indonesia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Madurese and Malay Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
16   
6

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin, Sundanese   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Halo   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Nuhun   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Kumaha kabarna?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Wilujeng kulem   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Wilujeng wengi   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Wilujeng siang   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Wilujeng énjing   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Mangga   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Hapunten   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Wilujeng angkat   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Punten   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Banten   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Northern dialect   

Where They Speak
India   
Bogor   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Priangan dialect   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Bandung   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Priangan, Sunda   

French Name
malayalam   
soundanais   

German Name
Malayalam   
Sundanesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   

History

Origin
9th Century   
5th century AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Sundanese   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
su   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
sun   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
sun   

ISO 639 3
mal   
sun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
sund1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Malayalam and Sundanese Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Sundanese language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Sundanese language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century 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 Sundanese Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Sundanese Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.

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