Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Norway
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
takk
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
god natt
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
god morgen
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Vær så snill
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
unnskyld
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Sognamål
Where They Speak
India
Sogn
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Norsk
French Name
malayalam
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Malayalam
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Malayali
Norwegians
Origin
9th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early form
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Malayalam and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Norwegian language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.