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Malayalam vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
University of Sarajevo  

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.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
25  
15

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Zdravo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Kako si?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
molim vas  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Oprostite  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Zbogom  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
India  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Croatia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
Not Available  

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

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

French Name
malayalam  
bosniaque  

German Name
Malayalam  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19th 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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Bosnian  

Language Position
29  
24
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
bos  

ISO 639 3
mal  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
mala1464  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Malayalam and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Bosnian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bosnian Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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