Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Namaskara
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
yedde kaande
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Yenna thapu aandu
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Tamil Nadu
Where They Speak
India
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Girijan
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Tamil Nadu
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
malayalam
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German Name
Malayalam
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Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Malayali
Tuluva
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Tulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mal
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ISO 639 2/B
mal
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mala1464
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Malayalam and Tulu 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 Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Tulu language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Tulu Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Tulu 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 Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.