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Language Comparison: Malayalam vs Tetum

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Aspect	Malayalam	Tetum
Family	Dravidian	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers	Approximately 35 million	Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Features	A Dravidian language known for its rich literary history, extensive use of agglutination, and a highly phonetic script that captures distinct sounds; spoken mainly in the southwestern state of Kerala in India	An Austronesian language with significant Portuguese influence, serving as one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste; simple grammar and shared vocabulary with Indonesian/Malay
Countries	India (primarily in Kerala), with speakers in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, and among diaspora communities	Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Writing System	Malayalam script	Latin script
Tonal	No	No
Grammatical Cases	Yes, with multiple cases including nominative, accusative, dative, and instrumental	No, relies on word order and prepositions
Derived From	Old Tamil, with influences from Sanskrit and Prakrit	Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Loanwords	From Sanskrit, Tamil, English, and Arabic	From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Dialects	Includes several dialects such as Malabar Malayalam, Travancore Malayalam, and Central Kerala dialects, with variations in vocabulary and pronunciation	Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Alphabets	അ, ആ, ഇ, ഈ, ഉ, ഊ, ഋ, എ, ഏ, ഐ, ഒ, ഓ, ഔ, ക, ഖ, ഗ, ഘ, ങ, ച, ഛ, ജ, ഝ, ഞ, ട, ഠ, ഡ, ഢ, ണ, ത, ഥ, ദ, ധ, ന, പ, ഫ, ബ, ഭ, മ, യ, ര, ല, വ, ശ, ഷ, സ, ഹ, ള, ഴ, റ	A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Family

Malayalam

Dravidian

Tetum

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian

Speakers

Malayalam

Approximately 35 million

Tetum

Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)

Features

Malayalam

A Dravidian language known for its rich literary history, extensive use of agglutination, and a highly phonetic script that captures distinct sounds; spoken mainly in the southwestern state of Kerala in India

Tetum

An Austronesian language with significant Portuguese influence, serving as one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste; simple grammar and shared vocabulary with Indonesian/Malay

Countries

Malayalam

India (primarily in Kerala), with speakers in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, and among diaspora communities

Tetum

Timor-Leste and Indonesia.

Writing System

Malayalam

Malayalam script

Tetum

Latin script

Tonal

Malayalam

Tetum

Grammatical Cases

Malayalam

Yes, with multiple cases including nominative, accusative, dative, and instrumental

Tetum

No, relies on word order and prepositions

Derived From

Malayalam

Old Tamil, with influences from Sanskrit and Prakrit

Tetum

Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence

Loanwords

Malayalam

From Sanskrit, Tamil, English, and Arabic

Tetum

From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic

Dialects

Malayalam

Includes several dialects such as Malabar Malayalam, Travancore Malayalam, and Central Kerala dialects, with variations in vocabulary and pronunciation

Tetum

Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)

Alphabets

Malayalam

അ, ആ, ഇ, ഈ, ഉ, ഊ, ഋ, എ, ഏ, ഐ, ഒ, ഓ, ഔ, ക, ഖ, ഗ, ഘ, ങ, ച, ഛ, ജ, ഝ, ഞ, ട, ഠ, ഡ, ഢ, ണ, ത, ഥ, ദ, ധ, ന, പ, ഫ, ബ, ഭ, മ, യ, ര, ല, വ, ശ, ഷ, സ, ഹ, ള, ഴ, റ

Tetum

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Language Facts:

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