Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
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
Equatorial Guinea
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Biko
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
igbo
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
igbo
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Malayalam language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Igbo vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.