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Malayalam vs Chinese


Chinese vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
24  
19

How Many Consonants
41  
30
23  
13

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Wu  

Where They Speak
India  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Yue  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

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

French Name
malayalam  
chinois  

German Name
Malayalam  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Han  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
29  
24
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
chi  

ISO 639 3
mal  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Malayalam and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Chinese language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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