Countries
Fiji, 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, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Marwari
Mappila
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
हिन्दी
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
hindi
malayalam
German Name
Hindi
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Malayali
Origin
7th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
hins
Not Available
Glottocode
hind1269
mala1464
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Hindi and Malayalam Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hindi and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hindi and Malayalam Speaking population
Hindi and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hindi and Malayalam on Hindi vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hindi and Malayalam Language Codes
Hindi and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.