Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India, Pakistan
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
India
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
معاف کرنا
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
India
India
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Rekhta
Where They Speak
France, kerala
South Asia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Bihari
French Name
malayalam
ourdou
German Name
Malayalam
Urdu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Not Available
Origin
9th Century
12th Century CE
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
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Malayalam and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Urdu language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Urdu Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.