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Malayalam vs Sundanese


Sundanese vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
West Java  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Indonesia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Not Available  

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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Madurese and Malay Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
16  
6

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin, Sundanese  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Halo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Nuhun  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Kumaha kabarna?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Wilujeng kulem  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Wilujeng wengi  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Wilujeng siang  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Wilujeng énjing  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Mangga  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Hapunten  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Wilujeng angkat  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Punten  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Banten  

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
India  
Bogor  

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Bandung  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
38.00 million  
26

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Priangan, Sunda  

French Name
malayalam  
soundanais  

German Name
Malayalam  
Sundanesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  

History

Origin
9th Century  
5th century AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Sundanese  

Language Position
29  
24
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
su  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
sun  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
sun  

ISO 639 3
mal  
sun  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
sund1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Malayalam and Sundanese Language History

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

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

Malayalam vs Sundanese Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.

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