Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
شكرا
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
صباح الخير
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
من فضلك
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
آسف
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
أحبك
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Mappila
Sudanese
Where They Speak
India
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Levantine
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
malayalam
arabe
German Name
Malayalam
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Origin
9th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Malayalam and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Arabic language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Arabic Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.