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Malayalam vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
15   
12

How Many Consonants
41   
30
17   
7

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
hallo   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
goeie more   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
asseblief   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
jammer   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Not Available   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
malayalam   
afrikaans   

German Name
Malayalam   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
afr   

ISO 639 3
mal   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
mala1464   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Malayalam and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Afrikaans language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Malayalam and Afrikaans Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Afrikaans Difficulty

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

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