Countries
India
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
India
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Bengali Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Malayali
  
Origin
15
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Malayalam language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.