Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-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)
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
thov
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
India
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
3.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Mong
  
French Name
malayalam
  
hmong
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Hmong 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 Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Hmong language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Hmong Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Hmong 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 Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.