Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
South Korea
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Mappila
Where They Speak
South Korea
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
France, kerala
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
coréen
malayalam
German Name
Koreanisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Malayali
Origin
Before 1st century
9th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early form
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
mala1464
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean 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 Korean and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Malayalam language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Korean vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.