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Malayalam vs Turkish


Turkish vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
11  
5

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
günaydın  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
lütfen  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
India  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
malayalam  
turc  

German Name
Malayalam  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Turkish  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
29  
27
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
tur  

ISO 639 3
mal  
tur  

ISO 639 6
mal  
tur  

Glottocode
mala1464  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Malayalam and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Turkish language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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