Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Manipur
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Khurumjari
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
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Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
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Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Nongale haugatl
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Saobiganu
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Chatcharage
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
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Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Loi
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
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Speaking Population
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
malayalam
Meithei
German Name
Malayalam
Meithei
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Malayali
Meithei people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
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Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Meithei
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mala1464
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Malayalam and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Meithei language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Meithei Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.