Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
malayalam
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Malayalam and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Punjabi language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.