Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Italian-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)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
scusate
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Italiano
  
French Name
malayalam
  
italien
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Italians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Malayalam and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Italian language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Italian Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.