Countries
Indonesia
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Indonesia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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.
Similar To
Malay language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Terima kasih
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
mohon Untuk
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
maaf
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Permisi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Balinese
Mappila
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
India
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
France, kerala
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
indonésien
malayalam
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Malayali
Origin
7th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early form
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
indo1316
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Indonesian and Malayalam 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 Indonesian and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Malayalam language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Indonesian and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.