Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
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
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Evare baş
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Bê zehmet
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Bibûre
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Mappila
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
kurde
malayalam
German Name
Kurdisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
16th century CE
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early form
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Malayalam
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
mala1464
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Malayalam language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.