Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
malayalam
  
bengali
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Bengali language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Bengali Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.