Countries
Japan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Japan
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
India
Dialect 3
Kansai
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
kansai
France, kerala
Native Name
日本語
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
japonais
malayalam
German Name
Japanisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Malayali
Language Family
Japonic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early form
Standard Forms
Japanese
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
mala1464
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
Japanese 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 Japanese and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Malayalam language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Japanese vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.