Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Nepal
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
कृपया
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Doteli
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Nepal
Dialect 2
Mappila
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
India
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Nepal
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
malayalam
népalais
German Name
Malayalam
Nepali
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early form
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
mala1464
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Malayalam and Nepali Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Nepali Speaking population
Malayalam and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Nepali on Malayalam vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Nepali Language Codes
Malayalam and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.