Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Jeju
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
India
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
France, kerala
China, North Korea
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
malayalam
coréen
German Name
Malayalam
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Koreans
Origin
9th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Malayalam and Korean Speaking population
Malayalam and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Korean on Malayalam vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Korean Language Codes
Malayalam and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.