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Malayalam vs Korean


Korean vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
North Korea, South Korea  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
21  
18

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
India  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
malayalam  
coréen  

German Name
Malayalam  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Koreans  

History

Origin
9th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
29  
24
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
kor  

ISO 639 3
mal  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Malayalam and Korean Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Korean language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Korean Difficulty

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

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