Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
goeie more
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
jammer
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
malayalam
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
9th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic
  
Malayalam and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Afrikaans language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.