Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Japan
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malayalam
  
japonais
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Malayalam and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Japanese language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Japanese Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.