Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
tschao
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
amharique
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Malayali
  
Origin
13th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Amharic and Malayalam 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 Amharic and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Malayalam language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Amharic vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Amharic and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.