Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Egun on
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
malayalam
  
basque
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Basque people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Malayalam and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Basque language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Basque Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.