Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Kokan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Varhadi
Where They Speak
India
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
malayalam
marathe
German Name
Malayalam
Marathi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Marathi people
Origin
9th Century
10th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early form
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Marathi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Malayalam and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Marathi language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Marathi Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.