Countries
Madagascar
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
- 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
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
azafady
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
malgache
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Malayalam language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.