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Malayalam vs Japanese


Japanese vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Palau  

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
14  
4

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Kagawa  

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

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
India  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
日本語  

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

French Name
malayalam  
japonais  

German Name
Malayalam  
Japanisch  

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

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Japanese  

Language Position
29  
24
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
mal  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Malayalam and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Japanese language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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