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Malayalam vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
22  
12

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
India  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

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

French Name
malayalam  
ukrainien  

German Name
Malayalam  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
29  
24
26  
22

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
mal  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Malayalam and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Ukrainian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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