Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-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)
  
Tere
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Palun
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
malayalam
  
estonien
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Estonians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Malayalam and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Estonian language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Estonian Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.