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Malayalam vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
41  
30

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
India  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
chinois  
malayalam  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Malayali  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Malayalam  

Language Position
1  
1
29  
24

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
mal  

ISO 639 3
zho  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Chinese and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Malayalam language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 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 Chinese and Malayalam Language History.

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

Chinese vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Chinese vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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