Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Biko
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Ndo
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Ibo
  
French Name
malayalam
  
igbo
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
nucl1417
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Malayalam and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Igbo language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Igbo Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.