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Malayalam vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Botswana, Lesotho   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
41   
30
43   
32

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Molo   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Unjani   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Molo   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
India   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
malayalam   
xhosa   

German Name
Malayalam   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
9th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
xho   

ISO 639 3
mal   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   

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 Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Xhosa language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Xhosa Difficulty

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

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