Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Fiji, India
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Marwari
Where They Speak
India
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Bundeli
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
malayalam
hindi
German Name
Malayalam
Hindi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Hindustani people
Origin
9th Century
7th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
mala1464
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Malayalam and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Hindi language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Hindi Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.