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Malayalam vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
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  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
3  
12

National Language
Spain  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

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

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

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

Similar To
French Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
22  
12
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hola  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Gracias  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

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

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Por Favor  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
triste  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
adiós  
വിട (viṭa)  

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

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
India  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Español  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

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

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
malayalam  

German Name
Spanisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
210 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Malayalam  

Language Position
2  
2
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
mal  

ISO 639 3
spa  
mal  

ISO 639 6
spa  
mal  

Glottocode
stan1288  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Spanish and Malayalam Language History

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

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

Spanish vs Malayalam Difficulty

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

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