Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
malayalam
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Malayalam and Abkhaz 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 Malayalam and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Abkhaz language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Malayalam and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.