Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Malti
  
French Name
malayalam
  
maltais
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Maltese
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Malayalam and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Maltese language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Maltese Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.