Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
i'bakwon
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
aznallehu
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Gondar
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Gondar
Dialect 2
Mappila
Gojjami
Where They Speak
India
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Showa
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Ethiopia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
malayalam
amharique
German Name
Malayalam
Amharisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Amharas
Origin
9th Century
13th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
No early form
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Amharic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Malayalam and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Amharic language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Amharic Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.