Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Danke
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
guten Tag
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
guten Morgen
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
bitte
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Verzeihung
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Swabian German
Where They Speak
India
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Texas German
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
malayalam
allemand
German Name
Malayalam
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Germans
Origin
9th Century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
mala1464
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Malayalam and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and German language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs German Difficulty
The Malayalam vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.