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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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
hi
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Malayalam language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Hindi vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.