Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Malayali
  
Origin
12th 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
Kashmiri
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Malayalam language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.