Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Bangladesh, India
  
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
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
malayalam
  
assamais
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Assamese 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 Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Assamese language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Assamese Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Assamese 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 Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.