Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- 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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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Don Allah
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
haoussa
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
14
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Hausa 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 Hausa and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Malayalam language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Hausa vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa 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 Hausa and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.