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
  
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.
  
- 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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
sannu
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
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
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.