Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
malayalam
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1913
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Bodo 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 Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Bodo language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Bodo Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Bodo 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 Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.