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Japanese vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Japan  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
14  
4
41  
30

Scripts
Kana  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
India  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
kansai  
France, kerala  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
38.00 million  
26

Native Name
日本語  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

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

French Name
japonais  
malayalam  

German Name
Japanisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Malayali  

History

Origin
1185  
9th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Malayalam  

Language Position
8  
8
29  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
mal  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Japanese and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Malayalam language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Malayalam Language History.

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

Japanese vs Malayalam Difficulty

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

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