Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Nigeria
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
gode ku
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
yaya dai
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
barka da rana
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
mai kyau safe
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Don Allah
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
yi hakuri
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
sai anjima
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Ghana
Dialect 2
Mappila
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
India
Niger
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Daragaram
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Niger
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
malayalam
haoussa
German Name
Malayalam
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Malayali
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Chadic
Branch
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Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Hausa
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mala1464
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Malayalam and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Hausa language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Hausa Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.