Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
God morgen
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Please
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
malayalam
  
danois
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Malayalam and Danish 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 Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Danish language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Danish Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.