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Malayalam vs Armenian


Armenian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Greek  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
32  
22

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
India  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Not Applicable  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Not Applicable  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
Not Available  

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
malayalam  
arménien  

German Name
Malayalam  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Armenians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
29  
24
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
arm  

ISO 639 3
mal  
hye  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
No data available  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Malayalam and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Armenian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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