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German vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Germany   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
15   
12

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Danke   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
bitte   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
Tschüs   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Germany   
India   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Texas   
France, kerala   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
allemand   
malayalam   

German Name
Deutsch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Malayali   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Malayalam   

Language Position
9   
9
29   
24

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
mal   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mal   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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German and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of German vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of German and Malayalam language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Malayalam Language History.

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

German vs Malayalam Difficulty

The German vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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