Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
malayalam
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
9th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Gujarati language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.